PISTOL
I spent last week binge-watching the incredibly entertaining PISTOL (trailer here) miniseries about the English punk rock band, Sex Pistols. The show has a young talented cast including Maisie Williams, Louis Partridge, and Thomas-Brodie Sangster. The series covers the start and come-up of the band in the London rock scene throughout the mid to late ‘70s. The band eventually started picking up major media traction once it started to lean into the anti-establishment sentiment in its music—and causing havoc everywhere they went, purely for the sake of pissing people off. The show gives an accurate depiction of how the punk scene evolved, and how big public figures like Vivienne Westwood became involved. If you’re feeling some anti-establishment feelings yourself, amidst the general decline of civilization and rising prices of everything, this is a must watch for you.
—Saad Hamid, Digital Intern
