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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 15 december 2018

Top TV moments: ‘Roseanne,’ Oprah’s speech, message funerals

By LYNN ELBER jor new voice and her work
Associated Press was labeled “transforma-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was tive” and “game chang-
a remarkably dramatic ing,” the kind of awe and
year on television, with admiration granted to en-
much of it unscripted. during comedy greats such
While prime-series including as Richard Pryor, George
“This Is Us” and “Atlanta” Carlin and Dave Chap-
reached notable emotion- pelle.
al and provocative highs, ARETHA’S FAREWELL
TV impressively fulfilled its The Queen of Soul’s memo-
role as witness to gripping rial was one for the ages,
real-life events. with preachers, Motown
We had the chance to see and gospel legends and
it all unfold: today’s barbed political and religious lead-
politics in unlikely settings; ers offering speeches and
a woman essentially say- songs in praise of Franklin’s
ing MeToo to U.S. senators; life, artistry and activism on
the suitably extravagant behalf of African-Ameri-
goodbye to an American cans and women. Stevie
queen. Wonder sang, and so did
Here are some of the mo- Smokey Robinson and
ments with staying power: Chaka Khan and Shirley
OPRAH’S SPEECH Caesar and Gladys Knight
Winfrey’s rousing call for and Ariana Grande and
social justice in the name ... plenty of others, since
of the MeToo movement This Jan. 7, 2018 image released by NBC shows Oprah Winfrey accepting the Cecil B. DeMille the service ran eight hours.
drew wild cheers in the ball- Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Franklin’s voice was stilled,
room at the Golden Globes Associated Press but her spirit resonated.
in January and reverber- by the mystery of what did of politics and culture to- though it remains a mystery COLIN KAEPERNICK’S
ated across the land. Pun- him in. In episodes airing in day, with a polarizing star who made Teddy’s cameo STAND
dits and Oprah-whisperers January and February, we whose character mirrored appearance at the Em- In his “Just Do It” TV spot for
proclaimed it a first step learned it was a faulty slow- her backing for President mys). Nike that marked the cam-
toward a presidential run, cooker and Jack’s bound- Donald Trump. The magic Was the episode in April a paign’s 30th anniversary in
and #oprah2020 trended. less sense of duty. Ameri- evaporated in May after riff on the sad life of a Mi- September, the sidelined-
It’s would be a true Holly- ca’s tears flowed even as Barr’s racist slam of Obama chael Jackson-like celeb- by-kneeling NFL quarter-
wood script: an entertain- we turned a fearful eye adviser Valerie Jarrett. ABC rity? A slap at the insulting back somberly challenged
ment mogul challenges toward our kitchen appli- called her tweet “abhor- blackface used by white viewers to “believe in
a reality-show host for the ances. rent” and canceled the entertainers past? We’re something, even if it means
Oval Office. Oprah said no THE RISE AND FALL OF series. still mulling. sacrificing everything.”
way; the chatter continues. “ROSEANNE” “ATLANTA” IN WHITE GADSBY’S REVOLUTION Some responded with an-
JACK’S SACRIFICE Three decades after it end- Donald Glover, whose rei- The Australian standup ger, cutting or burning Nike
The time-shifting series re- ed, the comedy about the magination of the TV com- was little known in Amer- gear and calling for boy-
vealed in season one that blue-collar Conner fam- edy challenges viewers, ica when her Netflix spe- cotts. President Donald
Jack Pearson (Milo Ventimi- ily and its brassy matriarch tested them with a truly cial “Hannah Gadsby: Trump slammed the com-
glia) was destined to die returned in March as a unsettling character, Teddy Nanette” arrived in June, pany’s move, while LeBron
young, leaving a grieving success for ABC and Rose- Perkins, depicted in mask- dissecting culture and the James defended it, saying
widow, his unmoored chil- anne Barr. The revival hit like whiteface (an uncredit- very artform she practices. he stands for those who be-
dren and viewers tortured the sweet — or sour — spot ed performance by Glover, She was heralded as a ma- lieve in change.q

Eddie Palmieri’s latest will move you to dance

By GARY GERARD HAMIL- walked through Washing- — “Mi Congo” featuring slower ballad sang so beau-
TON ton Heights on your way to famed guitarist Carlos San- tifully by the esteemed Gil-
Associated Press the Cloisters. tana, the title track and berto Santa Rosa you’ll be
Eddie Palmieri, “Mi Luz “Mi Luz Mayor,” which “Yo Soy Mulato,” an ode to encouraged to play it for
Mayor” (Ropeadope) loosely translates into “My his grandmother of African the one you adore, even if
It might be the winter sea- Eternal Light,” is filled with descent. you don’t completely un-
son for the U.S., but Eddie bright, melodic tunes that Songs like “Chica Ni Lam- derstand the Spanish lyrics.
Palmieri brings the sunshine are almost guaranteed to bo,” ‘’Abarriba Cumbiare- “Mi Luz Mayor,” Palmieri’s
and warmth with his latest make you get up and salsa mos” and “Quimbombo” second full-length release
album, “Mi Luz Mayor.” — or at least try. — the latter two featuring this year, was created in
The Spanish Harlem, New The eight-time Grammy a superb Herman Olivera love: The pianist, bandlead-
Yorker is a living legend winner recruited dozens of This cover image released — grab you and transport er and composer, who
and cultural treasure — renowned musicians for the by Ropeadope shows “Mi Luz you into a tiny Puerto Ri- turns 82 on Saturday, said
chances are you’ve heard album, including frequent Mayor,” a release by Eddie can cafe, where the locals it is reminiscent of the “mu-
his melodies or tunes in- collaborators Jimmy Bosch, Palmieri. effortlessly glide, spin and sic that my late wife, Iraida,
fluenced by him during Luques Curtis, Brian Lynch Associated Press twirl into the night. and I enjoyed in our youth”
your last vacation in the and Little Johnny Rivero. eight salsa arrangements, There’s also the beautiful (Palmieri lost his wife to
Caribbean, or when you The album is comprised of along with three originals “Que Falta Tu Me Haces,” a cancer in 2014).q