February 28, 2025

I finally got to binge watch the six-part mini-series Zero Day featuring an ensemble cast led by Robert De Niro a New Yorker at heart. This film - on and off screen - was a perfect fit for him because many of the scenes were shot across the Big Apple.

As art imitates life - and people are on edge about everything these days - you may recall this from the spring of 2024. De Niro video shows actor rehearsing, not clashing with protesters

Like myself, Robert De Niro was born in NYC in 1943. I enjoy watching people my age still mentally and physically fit enjoying their chosen careers and making a difference. I have always been a De Niro fan.

As 'Zero Day' is a political thriller about government corruption - one cannot forget De Niro voicing his concerns about Trump being re-elected last year. He was right as Trump and his loyalists have two agendas - one seemingly for the people but nothing more than a placebo in the name of fixing the government - the other self-serving to rule the world.

'Zero Day' depicts the chaos that can ensue when Americans are denied their civil liberties even those as basic as health care, housing, and food.

Everyone knows that the government runs on conspiracies and lies - a reflection of the reality in which we exist - bipolar to be physical and therefore broken.