{"id":37149,"date":"2021-07-09T01:42:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T08:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=37149"},"modified":"2021-07-07T16:08:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T23:08:04","slug":"addicted-to-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2021\/07\/09\/addicted-to-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Addicted to streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Douglas stars as Sandy Kominsky in The Kominsky Method<\/em> on Netflix. (photo by Anne Marie Fox \/ Netflix)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I admit to watching movies and television series on Netflix, kanopy.com, Amazon Prime, TIFF, VJFF and any other website that offers movies and TV shows. I watch Netflix and Amazon Prime on my television set and everything else on my desktop PC. I do not feel guilty nor am I ashamed!<\/p>\n

I may never go to a movie theatre again. I like setting my own schedule, I like not having to find parking. I like not standing in line. And I love subtitles. I wear two hearing aids, so, even though I can hear, I sometimes have trouble understanding what the actors are saying, especially if they have accents (I love foreign films). I watch everything with subtitles. What a relief.<\/p>\n

Total freedom is at hand. I can stop the show and go to the bathroom, I can prepare a meal and then sit down to eat it while watching my show, I can watch three or four episodes in a row. I am in control! I can start a series and, if I do not like it, I stop watching \u2013 too violent, too slow, whatever! I can watch the first season of a series and decide that one season is enough, or I can continue to watch. My record is nine seasons of Doc Martin<\/em>. Instant gratification you say; you bet!<\/p>\n

After one-and-a-half years of COVID-19 restrictions, I can honestly admit that I am addicted to streaming. It has been a wonderful way to be entertained, educated and inspired. I will watch movies, especially foreign films, documentaries and TV series. I now watch much less news on the television. COVID-19 and the pandemic have dominated all newscasts, Israeli politics is getting weird and, frankly, I am tired of seeing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in need of a haircut.<\/p>\n

Raise your hand if you also exhibit some of these symptoms! Ah, wonderful, how comforting to know that I am not alone. By the way, I still managed to create and publish four editions of Senior Line<\/em> magazine for Jewish Seniors Alliance, do my four physical workouts a week, study twice a week with Hebrew teachers and walk the dog four times a day. I am not a reprobate.<\/p>\n

Here are some of my favourite television shows (in alphabetic order):<\/p>\n

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos<\/em><\/strong>: A documentary about the man who changed almost everything. Love him or hate him. Always fascinating.<\/p>\n

Blackspace<\/em><\/strong>: The most evil bunch of high school students you never want to meet. (one season)<\/p>\n

Diagnosis<\/em><\/strong>: A documentary that highlights difficult case studies in medicine.<\/p>\n

Halston<\/em><\/strong>: Elegant and wicked, love the fashion and New York City. (one season)<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Epstein, Filthy Rich<\/em><\/strong>: A revealing documentary of exploitation and excess.<\/p>\n

Lupin<\/em><\/strong>: Smart, witty and stylish heist\/drama. (two seasons)<\/p>\n

New Amsterdam<\/em><\/strong>: A medical soap opera of the finest quality. (two seasons)<\/p>\n

Nomadland<\/em><\/strong>: A woman wanders in her van, grieving her loss, in search of meaningful connections. A soulful and beautiful film.<\/p>\n

Shtisel<\/em><\/strong>: A warm and delightful view of the ultra-Orthodox lifestyle in Jerusalem. (three seasons)<\/p>\n

Snowpiercer<\/em><\/strong>: Shocking, violent and riveting end-of-the-world scenario. (two seasons)<\/p>\n

The Crown<\/em><\/strong>: Queen Elizabeth et al. Just marvelous. (four seasons)<\/p>\n

The Kominsky Method<\/em><\/strong>: Geriatric best friends, their loves and lives. (three seasons)<\/p>\n

Dolores Luber<\/strong>, a retired psychotherapist and psychology teacher, is editor-in-chief of Jewish Seniors Alliance\u2019s <\/em>Senior Line magazine. She works out four times a week, studies Modern Hebrew twice a week, and is constantly reading books and watching movies. Her motto is \u201cNever underestimate an old lady who can deadlift you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Douglas stars as Sandy Kominsky in The Kominsky Method on Netflix. (photo by Anne Marie Fox \/ Netflix) I admit to watching movies and television series on Netflix, kanopy.com, Amazon Prime, TIFF, VJFF and any other website that offers movies and TV shows. I watch Netflix and Amazon Prime on my television set and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[787],"tags":[9717,9784,20714,20713],"class_list":["post-37149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv-film","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-reviews","tag-streaming"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}