# Good Lord Bird **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [November 19, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-bird/925944 "2020-11-19T05:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-bird/925944/1 "2020-11-19T05:23:36Z")
Showtime ran them all the other day, wife expressed interest, so I recorded them all. Weather was crap the last couple days, so we watched them. Not ‘Bad’, but way too much style over substance. I’d have rather watched a Ken Burns documentary on this subject, and have less jiggy. Not a whole lot happens till the finally. Coulda wrapped this up in 1-2 hours. No reason for 7 episodes. One thing I’ve noticed: Anything that credits _Executive Producer_ as the same person who stars, usually a huge scenery chewing vanity project. And this was. But it was watchable. I gotta say, however, John Brown around episode 3, before he got _real_ shaggy, is the spitting image of my dead brother. Eerie! Surprised there isn’t a thread already. But I really shouldn’t be. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-bird/925944/2 "2021-02-20T03:08:36Z")
I’m watching this show finally, due to a free weekend of Showtime, and I am loving it. I have always found John Brown to be one of the most interesting characters in American history and he was portrayed wonderfully (though exaggerated, of course) with no attempt to create a hagiography. I really thought it was a great idea to have the point of view to Brown’s story be through a black man. I also really liked how funny the show was. Shame it was on Showtime. Same show on HBO would have been nominated for a ton of awards.