{"id":180834,"date":"2021-02-17T22:41:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-will-smiths-amend-is-a-netflix-history-lesson-tv-review\/"},"modified":"2021-02-17T22:41:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:41:44","slug":"watch-will-smiths-amend-is-a-netflix-history-lesson-tv-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-will-smiths-amend-is-a-netflix-history-lesson-tv-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Will Smith&#8217;s &#8216;Amend&#8217; Is a Netflix History Lesson: TV Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4130d6b71e6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4130d6b71e6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-will-smiths-amend-is-a-netflix-history-lesson-tv-review\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_Will_Smiths_%E2%80%98Amend_Is_a_Netflix_History_Lesson_TV_Review%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online Will Smith&#8217;s &#8216;Amend&#8217; Is a Netflix History Lesson: TV Review&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-will-smiths-amend-is-a-netflix-history-lesson-tv-review\/#%E2%80%9CWill_Smiths_%E2%80%98Amend_Is_a_Netflix_History_Lesson_TV_Review%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Will Smith&#8217;s &#8216;Amend&#8217; Is a Netflix History Lesson: TV Review&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_Will_Smiths_%E2%80%98Amend_Is_a_Netflix_History_Lesson_TV_Review%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online Will Smith&#8217;s &#8216;Amend&#8217; Is a Netflix History Lesson: TV Review&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWill_Smiths_%E2%80%98Amend_Is_a_Netflix_History_Lesson_TV_Review%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Will Smith&#8217;s &#8216;Amend&#8217; Is a Netflix History Lesson: TV Review&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        There\u2019s a lot to admire about \u201cAmend,\u201d a new documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> from Netflix whose goal is to educate the viewing public on the history of civil rights in America. The project \u2014 executive-produced by Will Smith and former \u201cNightly Show\u201d host Larry Wilmore, and featuring both on-camera \u2014 is the sort of fundamentally educational product that\u2019s unusual from an entertainment company. It\u2019s done in a refreshing tone of complete earnestness, walking the audience through the different permutations of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, that which guarantees equal protection under the law, and ways it is has been used to expand rights for various protected classes. While this may be well-known to some, if you are looking for a teaching tool about recent and not-so-recent history, you could do a great deal worse than this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmend\u201d has a fairly loose structure. Smith, an affable presence who provides a sort of low-pressure template for learning, plays emcee, speaking directly to the camera about the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s of each episode and how they intersect with the Constitutionally-protected idea of equality for all citizens \u2014 Black people, women, queer people, immigrants. \u201cThe Fourteenth Amendment \u2014 it\u2019s okay if you don\u2019t know it by heart, but it is the center of the promise of America,\u201d Smith says in the first episode. Woven in throughout are celebrities \u2014 Mahershala Ali, Randall Park, Samira Wiley, and Pedro Pascal, to name just a few \u2014 speaking in the voices of historical figures. Yara Shahidi, for instance, is in contemporary dress as she reads the words of \u201cIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl\u201d author Harriet Jacobs. Cut throughout are contemporary legal scholars (Bryan Stevenson and Emily Bazelon among them) and figures from the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>, like Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell, whose case made same-sex marriage the law of the land.<\/p>\n<p>In short, \u201cAmend\u201d balances enough to keep the viewer perpetually engaged, toggling between various manners of conveying information to move through big American stories, one an episode. It\u2019s perhaps at its best when those stories are about further-flung history \u2014 the possibilities of Reconstruction, and the way those possibilities were wrenched away by terror, will come as shocking to many, including those who already know the story but are having it presented here in sharp terms. More recent stories may be better-known but also introduce a certain slackness into the proceedings. For instance, a commentator struggling to pronounce Phyllis Schlafly\u2019s last name before declaring \u201cI\u2019ll just say \u2018Mean Phyllis!&#8217;\u201d could probably have been left out \u2014 not because Schlafly deserves deference, but because \u201cAmend\u201d can in moments seem a bit effortful in its presenting itself as effortless. Similarly, Will Smith breaking down anti-sodomy laws that were only this century struck down gets a little obvious: \u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m just saying,\u201d he tells us, \u201cif somebody tried to tell you that what you and your partner do in the bedroom is illegal, I mean, I bet you\u2019d feel some kind of way about that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But then, \u201cAmend\u201d is trying to meet an audience where it is \u2014 in this case, scrolling Netflix and seeing a familiar face, then finding stories of real import presented in a relatable way. That some of the more recent history here is presented with studied casualness, is ultimately a gain, even with occasional hiccups: That makes it plainspoken and watchable even for those who know a lot of this history already. \u201cAmend\u201d manages to avoid turning a curious viewer off and doesn\u2019t lose the power of its story \u2014 or the clarity of its message \u2014 throughout many different speakers emerging onstage. And its clear understanding that the promise of the Constitution often goes unfulfilled keeps this from being alienatingly idealistic to an audience that knows better: \u201cAmend\u201d makes the case for what we were promised while showing what we often get, and encourages viewers to work to bridge that gap.<\/p>\n<p>This series\u2019 politics lean to the left \u2014 a striking statement, given that they are rooted ultimately in the rights guaranteed to all Americans by the founders. But \u201cAmend\u201d is the sort of project even conservatives ought to want. It\u2019s a civics lesson that ultimately gains in power from addressing Americans in comprehensive and comprehensible terms about the rights guaranteed them by the Constitution, and the responsibility they have to defend those rights. In an era in which so much is under debate, the calm rationalism is a small comfort, suggesting that people out there really care about getting things right and leading the way. It\u2019s also a charge to viewers, a welcome one, to continue educating themselves about their country\u2019s past, and the ways it continues to inform our divided present.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAmend\u201d launches Feb. 17 on Netflix.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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