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The Piano is manipulative dross
2025-04-21 00:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
The Piano is back for a third series and so is its parade of manipulative sob stories. This time, the hunt for the countrys saddest musician sorry, best amateur pianist begins in Londons Liverpool Street station, and although the shows formula remains unchanged, with one forlorn hopeful at a time playing to milling crowds, there is a new face in the judges eyrie.Joining old hand Mika, and replacing nana-heartthrob Lang Lang, is the wildly overqualified Jon Batiste. The American musician has forged a career by working with the likes of Beyoncé, Lana del Rey and Stevie Wonder. He has won five Grammys and an Oscar. I hate to think what must have happened for him to find himself in such dire straits to have to take a job on The Piano. And while his energetic, irreverent presence proves something of a salve for the shows prurient pomposity, he still doesnt save it.Read Next square TV REVIEWS The Piano is anodyne fluff that treats its viewers like idiotsRead MoreAs ever, The Piano...
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