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Its hard to imagine more delectable bait for fans of Broadway and Hollywood history thanFosse/Verdon.
(Butzs humanist bulldozer take on Chayefsky, in particular, is rich enough to merit a spin-off.)
No, this series is hardcore showbiz history, each frame deserving of footnotes.
Probably itll be like stumbling into a room full of people speaking Esperanto.
Its all sumptuously produced but heavy spirited, and perhaps too immersive for its own good.
InFosse/Verdon, we see dancers resisting him as well as offering themselves to him.
To its credit, none of this is presented in an ahistorical, anachronistic, judgmental manner.
Some of the most unsettling conversations find Fosse and Verdon bonding in ways that endorse the status quo.
In the series, he phones Verdon whenever he needs an emotional or creative sounding-board.
In this searing moment,Fosse/Verdonreveals its stealthy second agenda as a reclamation project.
An earlier version of this review misidentified the actor playing Neil Simon.
Its Nate Corddry, not Rob Corddry.
