Weekend Whats

What to Binge: After it won a few top Golden Globe trophies, I decided to start binge-watching The Night Manager staring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. It’s an interesting and photogenic thriller about the seemingly unlikely intersection between a hotel manager and an international arms trader. Worth a watch for sure (as long as you don’t get irritated by the endless close-ups of Tom Hiddleston, which I’m fine with, because I’m totally secure when it comes to my own appearance…)

+ What to Book: This seems like a good time to join me in reading Jennifer Haigh’s Heat & Light. From fracking, to big oil, to a decaying Appalachian town, this book touches on many issues that we’ll be discussing a lot over the next few years. And it’s also an excellent novel.

+ What to Watch: I’ve been lucky enough to hang out with the remarkable Norman Lear a fews of times, and a couple years ago he told me about plans to do a remake of One Day at a Time (but this time, it would be about a Latino family). Well, the show is now on Netflix and it’s getting very good reviews. (It’s a long and unusual story, but in a weird twist, I sort of auditioned for the part of Schneider. This seems like as good a place as any to apologize to any producers or casting directors who were forced to look — however briefly — at my tape.)

+ What to Dave: And if you missed it yesterday, my post on the danger of our many divides seems to have resonated with a lot of readers: This is Why You Hate Me. (Of course, some folks took the opportunity to counter with the many other reasons why they hate me. After all, it’s the Internet…)