‘Bait’ review: Riz Ahmed’s comedy series has us shaken, stirred, the whole lot

‘Bait’ review: Riz Ahmed’s comedy series has us shaken, stirred, the whole lot

Riz Ahmed’s Bait will hook you from its first scene, with the popular culture lure of all lures. You’ve most likely had the dialog: Who’ll play the subsequent James Bond? And what number of occasions has that dialog leaned towards white actors?  It’s this recognisable jumping-off level that Riz Ahmed, with co-writers Prashanth Venkataramanujam (Patriot…

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Riz Ahmed’s Sharp Amazon Comedy About Identity and Fame

Riz Ahmed’s Sharp Amazon Comedy About Identity and Fame

When it involves referendums on nationwide identification, few are extra arbitrary than the periodic debate over who ought to play James Bond within the subsequent cinematic variations of Ian Fleming’s venerable spy franchise. Like candidates for the Supreme Court, Bond-obsessed pundits fall into two camps: strict constructionists, who imagine that each descriptive phrase in Fleming’s…

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