Bluff's Castle Corner

  El Deafo  is yet another awesome Apple TV production. It is based on the book of the same name by Cece Bell. It is semi-autobiographical about her being deaf, with cartoon rabbits. It is had now been made into a three-part miniseries.  Cece Bell narrates the series, while cartoon rabbit Cece is voiced by a real life deaf girl. The first episode demonstrates how a serious infection caused Cece to lose her hearing. It doesn’t hold back from showing all the new and scary thoughts little Cece head.  The sound design also muffles the characters’ speech, so you can really immerse yourself what it sounds like when you are hard of hearing. Bell’s narration also lampshades how back then, deaf kids didn’t use sign languages, so they use lip reading instead. And how TV shows didn’t have subtitles. Luckily, these have changed.  Speaking of TV, Cece witnesses a show where a deaf girl is bullied, and called "Deafo". While hurt by this at first, she reclaims this for her Sup...

  Welcome to my very first review on this blog. Series - Harriet the Spy. Apple TV+ isn't a very popular streaming service, and so cartoons on there sadly go under the radar. By sheer luck, my dad got a free year of Apple TV+ when he purchased a MacBook Air in late 2020. So I have been able to tune into some of Apple's finest offerings, including: The Snoopy Show, Stillwater, Wolfboy and the Everything Factory, and now Harriet the Spy . I know that this series is based on a book, but I never read it.   I do know it was a bit controversial for subverting gender norms, but it managed to gain a lesbian fanbase because of that. In fact, Louise Fitzhugh, the author of the book, was lesbian herself. I'm mainly familiar with the Nickelodeon movie from 1996. I saw it when I was little and thought it was  great, if a bit mean-spirited. There's also that one Disney Channel movie with gossip and texting...we don't talk about that. Anyways, 'Harriet the Spy' is a perfe...