Hereās just what the world needs, now: a āmusical-drama seriesā set in Paris produced by the man who made Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling soft-shoe to jazz, Damien Chazelle.
Variety reports that Netflix will exclusively stream The Eddy, Chazelleās eight-episode musicale-dancing-song extravaganza set in ācontemporary multiculturalā gay Paree. Hmm. Iām not mad at a contemporary and multicultural Paris situation, though I do wonder how Chazzelle will handle the latterāand I do love a good song and dance. Is this going to be about jazz, though? Tell me this isnāt about jazz.
The Eddy will center on āa club, its owner, the house band, and the chaotic city that surrounds themā and will explore āthe relationship between the American and French-Arab co-owners of a jazz club.ā A brief aside: Chazelleās artistic boner for freaking jazz music is tiresome and could stand to be deflated. Other facts: theyāll shoot the series in France and there will be dialogue in French, English and Arabic.
Netflixās Eric Barmack told Variety that tonally, the series will be somewhere in between the frenetic energy of Whiplash and the anodyne blah of La La Land. Basically, itās jazz. Chazzelleās jazz. Chazzy Jazzy. Canāt waitāfor more jazz.
