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KIA KAHA TE REO MĀORI: September 9-15 is Te
Wiki o te Reo Māori, Maori Language Week. It
incorporates Māori Language Day on Septem-
ber 14, which commemorates the presentation
of the 1972 Māori language petition to Par-
liament. The theme is “Let’s Make the Māori
language strong”, and there are events around
the country, including seven hīkoi. There’s infor-
mation on tewikiotereomaori.co.nz or local websites.THE CGI DOMINANCE:
You know how Disney
is making CGI and
live-action versions of
every cartoon it ever
produced, thereby
ruining a lot of people’s
childhoods? Beauty
and the Beast, Dumbo,
Aladdin, The Jungle
Book, The Lion King
... when will it end?
Actually, not for ages. Still to go are The Little
Mermaid, Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs and Lilo & Stitch, not to mention Mulan,
directed by New Zealander Niki Caro. The
newest movie is Lady and the Tramp, which at
least puts the dogs in a realistic(ish) world. It
is not going into theatres, however. The movie
will be released in the US on Disney’s new on-
demand platform, Disney+ – more competition
for Netflix – on November 12. Trailer: tinyurl.com/
NZLLadyandtheTramp.surgeon’s office. Just another
day in LA. The focus also turns
to 911 operator Maddie (Jen-
nifer Love Hewitt), who comes
face to face with her abusive
ex-husband.
The Deuce (SoHo, Sky 010,
9.30pm). The trailer for the
third season of The Deuce plays
out against Grace Jones’ Pull
Up to the Bumper, placing the
action firmly in the 1980s and
on the cusp of the famous
Times Square clean-up. David
Simon and George Pelecanos
have charted the so-called
Golden Age of Porn (when
sexually explicit films such as
Deep Throat were taken seri-
ously), from its prostitution
roots in the 1970s to, we pre-
sume, its death at the hands
of cheap VHS. In season three,
Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is
still directing movies and twin
brothers Frankie and Vincent
(both played by James Franco)
are still on “the Deuce”, a
stretch of 42nd St. However,
Mafia and drug violence
swirl around the area, and
Koch administration official
Gene Goldman (Luke Kirby)
has some plans for reform.
“The party,” says Simon, “is
winding down.” It seems as
if the 1980s are in vogue for
US television producers: the
third season of Snowfall (SoHo,
Friday, 8.30pm) is set in the
summer of 1984, when crack
cocaine is spreading through
south central Los Angeles
aided, as we now know, by
the CIA.Online
Catch of the Week
journeys home to the city’s
outer boroughs.
“I rang my father,” recalls
Mohammad Haque, “and
he said, ‘Please, please, just
survive.’”
Many speak out about
the backlash against minori-
ties following the attack
and it is revealed that
some of the students suf-
fered health issues from
toxic dust. However, they
all found a deep sense of
community when they
returned to school.
“There was just a harmony
in our class because of what
we went through and how
we understood that every-
one was accepting of one
another,” says Haque.
What Happened on Septem-
ber 11 (SoHo, Sky 010, Thursday,
9.05pm), which follows, is also
directed by Schatz, and is
intended as an introduction to
9/11 for children.SVOD HIGHLIGHT: What’s
good in subscription
video on demand.
Brendan Gleeson’s
hard-boiled detective
Bill Hodges returns in
the third season of Mr
Mercedes (Lightbox,
from September 11).
The season is based on
Finders Keepers, the
second book in Stephen
King’s trilogy in which
the murder of a great American author sets off
a series of dastardly events.Brendan
Gleeson9-1-1, Tuesday.