El emperador de Ocean Park

The pacing was very good, for a drama. What starts as a mundane family tragedy steadily becomes more and more complex. Usually dramas are too slow for me, but this one kept it interesting with the quickly evolving plot lines.

The aspects involving race and class relations contain little commentary, but are primarily a portrayal of political climates over the past several decades. Some insight is provided on conservative Black politics, with acknowledgement of the nuance, complexities, and backlash involved.

The Judge himself is an excellent stand-in for a dramatized Clarence Thomas, but perhaps with stronger moral convictions which take him down a different yet still troublesome path.