.ShaneRyanHere reviews Pistol, FX's series (streaming on Hulu) directed by Danny Boyle that focuses on the kinetic rise of the Sex Pistols
, Boyle has been hitting that artistic sweet spot efficiently for more or less an entire career., the new FX miniseries created by Craig Pearce, documenting the dizzying rise to infamy of the Sex Pistols in late 1970s England. Guitarist Steve Jones is the central figure here, and the story follows him as he goes from teen felon to punk icon, attracting the likes of Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious along the way.
In short, it’s fun, and if you’re at all interested in the era , you’ll recognize both prominent and peripheral figures and get a little frisson of satisfaction. Among the former, you get Chrissie Hynde, later of Pretenders fame, Siouxsie Sioux, and even Billy Idol.will be achingly obvious; it’s a surface romp, the characters are mostly one-dimensional, and it never quite seems to engage with or even fully understand the forces driving this strange revolution in British culture.
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