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Jamil David

Contributor Jamil David is a native Houstonian and Texas Southern University alumnus. He is interested in TV, sports and pop culture. @JMLJMLD

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Heels Focuses on One Family in the Glory Days of Small Town Wrestling

By Jamil David
Aug 31, 2021

Professional wrestling is a production. It’s a show with character arcs and a narrative. “Fake” is what most people would classify it as if that’s some profound revelation. It is “fake,” but to its fans, it’s extremely powerful, and it’s all thanks to the people putting on the show, the...
The Teens on Reservation Dogs Want Out, But on Their Own (Sometimes Comic) Terms

By Jamil David
Aug 19, 2021

Reservation Dogs is Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo’s Native American-centered comedy about a group of teens living on a reservation in Oklahoma. Harjo, a native American filmmaker, and Waititi, one of the most in-demand entertainment entities, have created a hilarious and uncompromising, true-to-life series about Native American life. The Quentin...
Visit a Different Kind of Hawaii With The White Lotus Comedy/Drama on HBO

By Jamil David
Jul 19, 2021

The White Lotus is HBO’s new comedy/drama miniseries created by Mike White, most known for writing School of Rock and the underrated HBO drama Enlightened. The White Lotus begins with its presumed end, a body being loaded on a plane, a tragic end to a vacation at a beautiful Hawaiian...
If You Haven't Watched Hacks Then You're Missing Something Spectacular

By Jamil David
Jun 29, 2021

Hacks is HBO Max’s breakout comedy that follows Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), an aging comedy legend with a Vegas residency and all the money in the world that is by circumstance forced to work with a young comedy writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder), who has been pseudo-black-listed in the writing world...
Now Stream This: New and Returning Shows You Want to Give a Try

By Jamil David
Jun 14, 2021

The summer is here, and there are many television shows on the horizon. Summers can be a drag without a major series that captures everyone’s attention. This summer has a couple of series that have the chance to be the weekly point of fascination and some that might surprise and...

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