Freida Pinto, Babou Ceesay headline stellar new miniseries
By Cassie Dresch TV MediaI t’s already being hailed as an Emmy heavyweight, and it’s not hard to see why. “Guerrilla” shines a light on a revolutionary time in the United Kingdom’s history, when the British Black Panthers were a driving force in the pursuit of racial equality, and does so with a strong cast and an acclaimed writer and director. A new episode of “Guerrilla,” the six-episode miniseries from Academy Award winner John Ridley (“12 Years a Slave,” 2013), airs Sunday, May 7, on Showtime.
Based loosely on true events, the series is set in 1970s London, England, and follows Jas (Freida Pinto, “Slumdog Millionaire,” 2008) and Marcus (Babou Ceesay, “A.D. The Bible Continues”), young lovers with strong political opinions, but no follow-through on their ideals. That changed in the first episode of “Guerrilla,” when a friend was killed by police, and the pair became active revolutionaries.
“I’ve never been able to play somebody like this — I’ve never been given the chance,” Pinto said of her character at a press stop last month. “This is the kind of role that actors live for. You can play characters that are good, but don’t always show your range. I’ve always known that if you give me the chance, I’ll show you what I can do. I am so blessed that John saw in me the passion and the drive I have.”
“I connect with [Jas], I felt protected by her,” she added. “Jas has
her passion in the right place, as well as this hunger to put everything that is within her out in the world. But she lacks strategy and direction. I come from a very authentic but not harmful place, but I am also driven by extreme passion.”
Pinto has been lauded for her performance thus far, with the likes of Deadline’s Dominic Patten calling her “excellent” and the Hollywood Reporter’s Tim Goodman saying she’s “convincingly fierce as she becomes more radicalised, but her evolution is believable at every turn, less superhero than determined activist.” As the conclusion of the miniseries nears, she just continues to get better and better.
This isn’t lost on Ridley, whose writing has also received heaps of praise. The “American Crime” creator also had plenty of wonderful things to say about the actress in a phone interview with Greg Braxton in April.
“In addition to being a very talented person, Freida is also very passionate,” he said. “I knew she had spent time working with activist causes and working with underprivileged children all over the world. She had a way of speaking with passion, but without anger. She’s a great actress and a great partner. ... ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ was a phenomenal first film, and it was a role based on her emotion and her God-given good looks. For actors of color, particularly female actors of color, it can be hard to move on to the next thing. I was lucky to have a very solid role [for her], and she was available.”
Pinto’s casting in the lead female role hasn’t been without its detractors, however, with some saying “Guerrilla” doesn’t feature enough black women as headlining characters. Ridley, for his part, has remained steadfast in his choice to include her.
“Part of what we are saying is that a white person walking down the street at this time would look at [Jas and Marcus] and say, ‘Oh, those blacks,’” he said in an interview with the Observer. “To the outside world, they’re both black, but the reality is that they are a mixed-race couple. Their love and commitment is a big part of the show because they have to fight for that. They’re down for each other. There are people who will have a problem with that, and I hope that they do because that problem is also part of the story we’re telling.”
Even Farrukh Dhondy, an Indian-born member of the British Black Panthers who was at “The Frontline” in the ‘70s, offered a comment on the alleged “black erasure” by Ridley. “I don’t understand because we are not the BBC, we don’t need to tick boxes,” he told the Radio Times. “Ticking boxes on gender and race is not what John Ridley set out to do. He set out to capture a piece of history, and it is completely legitimate that an Asian woman would be involved. I was a leading male, I was a member of the central core, there were other Asians in the central core.”
At the end of the day, Ridley achieved what he set out to do, something he’s become known
for: starting a conversation. He did
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FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Chi.W. From Guaranteed Rate Field-Chicago, Ill. (2:00)
NBCSN Tour of California (1:00)
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GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 The Players Championship. From TPC Sawgrass-Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Live) (6:00)
FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30) 3:00 p.m. FSN Angling Buzz (0:30) 3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
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FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Cle. From Progressive Field-- Cleveland, Ohio (Live) (3:00)
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7:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Playoffs. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Golf Round 2
The Players Championship. From TPC Sawgrass-- Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (3:00)
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2:30 p.m. (5) KSTP IndyCar Auto Racing IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Indianapolis. From Indianapolis Motor Speedway-- Indianapolis, Ind. (Live) (2:30)
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FX UFC UFC 211 Stipe Miocic vs. Junior dos Santos From American Airlines Center-- Dallas, Texas (Live) (3:00)
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6:15 p.m. (11) KARE NHL Hockey Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Live) (2:45)
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FSN NHRA Drag Racing Atlanta, Ga. (3:00)
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9:30 p.m. NBCSN IIHF Hockey Round Robin World Championship. Lat. vs. USA From Lanxess Arena-- Cologne, Germany (2:00)
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10:00 p.m. ESPN2 30 for 30 (1:00) Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports May 7, 2017 to May 13, 2017
premiere pit master tests against the best
By Andrew Warren TV MediaCompetitive barbecue is kind of an oxymoron, in my estimation. A pit master’s mantra is “low and slow,” and any barbecue enthusiast knows that that’s the key to meaty perfection. Competitions, though, conjure up images of speed — of intensity. Try going down that path with a smoker, though, and you’re just asking for a whole lot of trouble.
Shannon Ambrosio is the pit master at Brooklyn’s Come ‘N Get It, a northeast eatery with a strong Southern influence. Ambrosio traveled the South in his younger days to learn as much as he could about the art of Southern barbecue, and over the years he’s
blended those classic techniques with his own brand of modern Brooklyn-style cooking. But how does his cuisine measure up to that of the South’s best pit masters? If Cooking Channel’s “Big Bad BBQ Brawl” is any indication, it measures up pretty darned well.
Season 2 of the series premiered last week, and continues on Tuesday evenings. In this week’s episode, airing Tuesday, May 9, Ambrosio gambles that his barbecue burger can beat one of Las Vegas’s local favorites in a head-to-head culinary brawl. The Brooklyn chef swings by another restaurant that’s reinventing classic Southern barbecue, Pot Liquor BBQ, where he throws down with the restaurant’s chef to find out whose burger is best.
After Vegas, it’s time to hit the road again. The next few weeks find Ambrosio making “Oklahoma tenderloin” (smoked bologna) in Tulsa, smoking sausages in Phoenix, and throwing down over steak and eggs in Memphis.
At every stop, a panel of judges decides on the winner between the northern chef’s creations and
the local favorite’s fare, but even an Ambrosio win is a small victory for the South: after all, he learned the barbecue art from the best Southern pit masters years ago.
When it comes to a barbecue competition, it isn’t so much a race against time: it’s a race for the best taste. “Big Bad BBQ Brawl” airs Tuesdays on Cooking Channel.
Sunday, May 7
2:00 p.m. (8) WDSE A Chef’s Life
TRAV Bizarre Foods
2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE The Mind of a Chef
3:00 p.m. (8) WDSE The Great British Baking Show
TRAV Bizarre Foods
4:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise 5:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise 6:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise 7:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise (N)
Monday, May 8
10:00 a.m. TRAV 101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown
10:30 a.m. TRAV 101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown
11:00 a.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods
Noon TRAV Bizarre Foods
1:00 p.m. (11)
Thursday, May 11
Friday, May 12
p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show
Saturday, May 13 11:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen
11:30 a.m. (2) KTCA America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s
Late Laughs
Conan
This week, Jewish people all over the world are celebrating Passover. Or as I call it, the Festival of Missing Writers.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Russia, but Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t meet with him. Putin said: “Sorry, but I only meet with members of the Trump administration before the election.”