Consortium of Seven: Year 4

        This past Friday Amazon Prime launched a new, British, science fiction drama series about a world whose power structure is suddenly and dramatically changed. A sudden development in teenage girls around the globe, that soon spreads to most older women.  What happens when men, for the first time, have to come to grips with women holding the quiet threat of violent menace in the world, having to be wary that they don't offend or upset a random woman for fear that she might take offense and lash out.       It's The Power       Good cast - including multiple actors likely to pop - and an engaging premise.        Based on Naomi Alderman's 2016 novel of the same name, it will run nine episodes. The first three landed last week - and I would advise watching those three more or less as a unit, as it introduces characters around the globe and gathers the story pitch. It starts, brie...

        Another week where trying to keep some concept - or at least personally-convincing illusion - of balance in play, and keep on keeping on, is a challenge.       My votes have been cast - official notice that my ballot's been received and accepted - and I need to find some peace in that and in simply surviving.       Shifting attentions to the trivialities of entertainments feels insane in the face of so much, but we do need distractions to help us reset when the so much is buzzing in the brain that sleep isn't an easy option, and must be tricked into settling in.        I'll note in passing that I'm continuing to enjoy AMC/AMC+'s Interview with the Vampire (Sunday nights), Amazon Prime's adaptation of William Gibson's The Peripheral (new episodes Fridays), and IFC's fourth season of mockumentaries Documentary Now! (new episodes Thursdays.) The latter's generally fun on its own, but ...