chantalroxanne The Get Down is one of the most remarkable and epic shows I have ever seen. I believe this is a show everyone could watch, even if you don't like hip-hop. It combines a lot of different genres to make it appealing for a big crowd. In general this is a drama/musical, but it also contains humor and action. Besides putting a spotlight on the evolution of hip-hop in the 70's, this show also focuses on the career of an aspiring disco singer, which makes the music throughout the show very versatile. The main characters all have unique personalities and the show really focuses on their personal life goals and the struggles that come with them. This show had a gigantic budget and you can really see that. The creators paid attention to every little detail. Even if you think this show is not for you, please give it a try. If you don't wanna watch because the show is cancelled, no worries. You won't be left with a big, annoying cliff-hanger at the end of season 1. I would've loved a second season, but the ending is satisfying enough to wrap up an entire show.

rebeca andrei If you're ready for a gripping story that elegantly combines poetry, suspense, music and romance, get ready! You're in for a treat! The burning Bronx is not only burning because people want to collect the insurance money but is also burning with hope: for music, poetry and the prospect of changing the world for the better. The series is a merry go round that visits various themes:honour, loyalty, love,sisterhood and brotherhood. But this ain't no sugar coated story! In the Bronx, there seems to be no hope left. People are facing a lot of demons: poverty, drug addiction, getting involved with the wrong people and some lack the support for succeeding. But, as the message written on the trains say: Where there is ruin, there is hope and if you raise your words, not your voice then things change. Even if they don't change for the apparent eye, all the characters change, and so the eyes through which they see the world...The well crafted story telling reveals characters that seem so real you could feel their breath, is masterfully spiced up by the poetry and the music.

micke-bystrom I think Justice Smith does an admirable performance in the first episode and he and Herizen F. Guardiola are together the only thing that have me grounded in this musical-style delivery Moulin- Rogue-for-hiphop play. If this was a Broadway show it would be spectacular and the other stereotypic and overblown characters could almost have been possible to forgive. But this isn't Broadway.With the recent decade of more or less "realistic" TV-series, in the sense that suspension of belief is possible while watching because of you're getting closely knitted to the story with lots of gritty and real details, Get Down comes off as a parody of an highly interesting musical era. Very little of what is presented is believable, if not for the details themselves but for how these are presented or told. That's clearly a stylistic choice, but it's concoction that doesn't gel well.I think some of the stylistic elements of the storytelling could have been acceptable had the attention to acting and presentation been better. It seems like what we get here is what the directors wanted to bring out from their actors, but it's hard to watch without feeling pain for how the potential is handled. The occasional overplaying mixed with good and somewhat believable performances is quite confusing even as it's clear there are some talent at hand. Maybe if you're in another state of mind can you make these disparate details come together, but if you enjoy the finer details of modern TV drama, as opposed to the fake feeling old TV shows typically brought with them and required that you had to accept that stern limitation, and you yet are open to new ways of storytelling, then chances are still that Get Down won't be something you can savour. The depiction of the night club owner and her son are too close to racist stereotypes and almost made me sick to my stomach. Details like that and others make classical Blaxploitation movies looking highly realistic in comparison. The Saxophone playing father, while sympathetic, also feel stereotyped even if you can accept that some fathers had some aspect of a stereotype with them in their persona or how they present themselves to the world. But there's a difference between a realistic presentation of that and a caricature. Where's the love for the characters created here? The street gang depiction almost makes you laugh at its silliness. One-dimensional at best as is true for many other details presented in the first episode. This is supposed to lure me in? Unfortunately not.The little glimpse of the roots of Hip Hop we get in the Vinyl TV-series are in comparison so much more attractive and real. That's a series with a story told with exaggeration, overplay and hyperbole, yet it's much easier to adjust to so you can enjoy the story being told. Not so with Get Down, where the stylistic choices get in the way of everything, including the story. You could say the same about Vinyl, but Get Down is actually worse.I had to turn off just before the end of the first episode, which is very rare. I have no hope for the other episodes. I really wanted to like this. Baz Luhrmann made me enjoy Moulin Rogue once even as I hate musicals, but where unrealistic storytelling works in a musical or theatrical show, the choices made here by the creators Stephen Adly Guirgis and Baz make me cringe. I'm out.

riveramac The Get Down is by far the most authentic representation of hip hop, the 70's, The Bronx culture, growing up in NY, growing up puerto rican, and the great music generated in NY. I grew up in the Bronx only blocks away from the famous 1520 Sedgwick Ave and this was like a real life time machine. The attention to detail, the birth of tagging, the south bronx burning. Just too much to cover. And all this before reviewing the acting, singing, music, and plot of this series. A fantastic cast who brought to life real life characters from the day. There is laughter, drama, despair, resurrection and love. Even if you do not know anything about Hip Hop or the Bronx, check out this series as you will not be disappointed. My favorite show on Netflix. Thank you Netflix!