Kaleidoscope review 202311/30/2023 ![]() As throughout, Hilary Hahn was happy to be prima inter pares, taking the lead but not dominating. The ensemble operated without a conductor and were very secure, from Carlos Fereira’s silky clarinet solo at the beginning (reprised at the end) to Jane Mitchell’s unaffected and direct flute playing. Written the year after the Barber and similarly a founding text of classical Americana, it fizzes and sparkles where the Barber broods and laments. The second half was built around Copland’s Appalachian Spring in its original 13-instrument version. Cellist Tony Rymer and violist Juan-Miguel Hernandez both took their moments to soar above the violins, as the quartet pushed on to the climax. And hearing its fragility when played by four instruments, away from the safety blanket of the massed strings sound, allows the individual lines to come through. I don’t know why it doesn’t get played more: the central Adagio is one of the most loved pieces in the canon, but put in the middle of two turbulent and urgent fast movements it has even more impact. The older music largely came out ahead.Īlthough I have known and loved the Samuel Barber String Quartet for 30 years I had never previously heard it live. “Yellow,” where Leo and team first pull a job in New York’s diamond district, makes for a good entry.The programme was American music, combining a couple of mid-20 th century masterpieces with newer works by living composers. In fact, “Pink” is hands down the worst episode to watch first. Seeing a character – perhaps – meet their demise in “Pink” would have been devastatingly more powerful if watched as a later episode, and not as an intro to the series. Having the series presented linearly – or at least in a set order – would certainly give a deeper gravitas to various decisions and resolutions. Watching episodes out of order does a disservice to individual character arcs. Although catch up is part of the game, especially as dynamics are discovered in whatever episodes are first viewed, each of the characters are strong and the writing is top notch, inventive, and wholly entertaining. Kaleidoscope documents their journey both before and after the caper over the course of eight episodes often using different viewpoints until, like the tumblers of a combination, the story finally clicks into place.Įric Garcia and his writing team do deliver. ![]() Paz Vega, Jai Courtney, and Peter Mark Kendall round out Leo’s team, each of them seeking something more than material wealth. Giancarlo Esposito plays Leo, the criminal mastermind, who targets super-snot Rufus Sewell, a fantastic actor who always plays the perfect super-snot, and the riches within his super-vault. Bad-ass mastermind Giancarlo Esposito and his team And, believe it or not, the things we all do for love. More than a heist, the story is also about revenge. Having the episodes run linearly instead? Kaleidoscope would have been even more captivating.Ĭreated by Eric Garica, author of the book Matchstick Men that was adapted by Ridley Scott, Kaleidoscope is the adventurous tale of a team of safe-cracking misfits who break into an unbreakable vault under the cover of Hurricane Sandy. ![]() Kaleidoscope is an immensely enjoyable, fun, hip thriller. White, of course, being the combination of all colors in the kaleidoscopic spectrum. Netflix has the programming set up to randomize that initial order – but everyone ends with “White”. ![]() Someone might start with “Pink” while the next door neighbor might begin with “Green”. The conceit of Netflix’s new anthology-like crime series, Kaleidoscope, is that the color-coded episodes are strong enough to stand on their own and can be watched in any order. Having the episodes run in a set order would have made the show even more captivating and more memorable. Joe Says: The conceit of Kaleidoscope, is that the color-coded episodes are strong enough to stand on their own and can be watched in any order. IMDb Plot: Centered around the largest heist ever attempted, the vengeance and betrayals that surround it. Studio: Scott Free Productions // Netflix ![]()
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