The structure is reminiscent of Swagger on Apple TV+, which mixed off-the-court drama with big sporting action, but The Crossover’s efforts on the court never come close to that show’s level of drama. But until a cameoing Alexander himself gives him a helpful platitude his relationship to his poetry never really coalesces into anything. Whenever he uses a big word, it’ll flash up on-screen with a definition, which is a nice educational flourish, and some of the ways in which his verbosity is folded into the plot make sense. Likewise, The Crossover doesn’t know exactly what to do with Filthy’s vocabulary or make his words and voice matter. As the pressures of growing up begin to pull them both in different directions – a crush one way, high school the other – they’re forced to interrogate their real passions and values. Both have long imagined a path to the NBA and superstardom, but neither has bothered to ask the other if that’s what they really want. The lives of the Bell brothers revolve around basketball like the rock has its own gravitational pull.
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Bell ( Jalyn Hill and Amir O’Neil), the sons of a beloved pro basketball player named Chuck ( Derek Hill), who is also their coach at the middle school where their mother, Crystal ( Sabrina Revelle), is the principal. The story revolves around Josh – aka “Filthy McNasty” – and J.B. That universe has a love for the written and spoken word that would have been enough to set it apart had the concept really been explored enough. It’s a shame, really, that The Crossover reminds you more of other shows than it allows you to really settle into its own universe, which was adapted from the novel-in-verse by Kwame Alexander, who adapted it for television alongside Damani Johnson.
The Crossover Season 1 review and plot summary But it also holds this well-intentioned and very likable eight-episode story from really standing out. That’s probably fitting for something pitched at a younger demographic, which is always a tricky market to crack when you’re also trying to really be about something.
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The Disney+ series The Crossover, from LeBron James’ SpringHill production company, feels a bit like a LEGO version of other coming-of-age and sports shows, each brick cribbed from a different influence.
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