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Forest Whitaker’s ‘Emperor of Ocean Park’ Is a Provocative Murder-Mystery, Once It Finds Its Footing: TV Review
Based on the beloved novel, ‘Emperor of Ocean Park' is an intense murder mystery with family, politics and grief at the center.
Based on Stephen L. Carter’s best-selling novel and adapted for television by Sherman Payne, MGM+ ‘s “ Emperor of Ocean Park ” is a murder mystery about grief — and about how influence can sustain and destroy those who wield it. Though the tone and pacing of the 10-episode series initially stumbles, when it finds its footing in Episode 4, the narrative soars, taking the audience on a unique journey of a family divided by political ideology, secrets and vengeance. While “Emperor of Ocean Park” starts on a rocky road, with Whitaker as the lead and Coleman, Mack and Simmons carrying the story in the present, the show unfolds like a chess game.
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