PRETEND IT'S A CITY
Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: This nonfiction series presents a series of conversations with author and outspoken New Yorker Fran Lebowitz. Some were taped, over the years, at live pre-pandemic appearances in which she converses in front of an audience with the likes of Spike Lee and Toni Morrison. The remainder are new, presenting casual conversations in which she discusses New York, and sometimes herself, with longtime friend Martin Scorsese, who also directs. HBO showcased Lebowitz similarly in 2010’s Public Speaking, which Scorsese also directed, and which the author basically presented herself as the sit-down version of a standup comic, throwing out pithy observations and slam-dunk one-liners. It’s not as polished or focused as a full-length book – but Lebowitz hasn’t written one of those for 40 years now. So what you see is what you get…