“The Crown.” “Kim’s Convenience.”

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“The Crown.” Netflix. Historical drama. Sixth Season, upcoming. About the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and all the political intrigues and soap opera thrown in. It doesn’t really matter to me whether the narrative in/around The Queen’s family is factual or fiction. What interests me are the events that surround those years. And yes the “soap” part is sudsy interesting, too.



       Season 1: Elizabeth's marriage to Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1947 to the disintegration of her sister Princess Margaret's engagement to Group Captain Peter Townsend in 1955. Season 2: The Suez Crisis in 1956 to the retirement of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963 and the birth of Prince Edward in 1964. 

       Season 3: Spans 1964 to 1977, includes Harold Wilson's two periods as prime minister, and introduces Camilla Shand. Season 4: 1979 to the early 1990s and includes Margaret Thatcher's tenure as prime minister and Lady Diana Spencer's marriage to Prince Charles. Season 5 as in Season 6, which will close the series, will cover the Queen's reign into the 21st century.

       I initially hesitated to add “The Crown” in my long list of couch/bed obsessions because I am not so high on the British Royal Family at all. They’re simply a family that sits on their royal ass all day and wait for their millions-worth of “sovereign grant” out of British taxpayers pocket. I don’t concern myself with the Windsor Castle dramatics, whatever. But I am very interested with the politics that surrounds Great Britain. Besides, this series is well-made. Entertaining and well-acted. 

      Season 6 is pretty obvious. Death of The Queen, and most likely, drama behind Harry and Maegan. Not interested. Done. 📹📺📹


“Kim’s Convenience.” Netflix. Canadian comedy. 5 Seasons. A Korean Canadian family runs a convenience store in the Moss Park neighborhood of Toronto. Aside from the Koreans, there is a Chinese and an Indian couple. The entire fun is anchored on the Korean parents "Appa" and “Umma,” played with lovable natural simplicity bv Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon. Of course, there’s the daughter Janet and son Jung, essentially born and bred in Canada. You get the drift. 



       This is uncomplicated, non-complex situation comedy, not trying so hard to be correct or play-safe to be politically relevant. The way Asians are in the West. They just mind the convenience store, stay nice with everybody, and share some laughter in between. Convenience is a good thing. 

       But, of course, there will always be issues. Since the show’s cancellation, some production issues ensued, such as lack of diversity among behind-the-scenes staff. Uh huh. Really hard to please everybody in this correct world, ain’t it? 📹📺📹


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