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===Television=== [[File:Baz Luhrmann Cannes 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|Luhrmann at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]]]] In 2016, Luhrmann collaborated with award-winning playwright [[Stephen Adly Guirgis]] on the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Get Down]]'' about the birth of [[hip hop]] in the 1970s.<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/baz-luhrmann-and-stephen-adly-guirgis-collaborating-on-hip-hop-television-p-212833 "Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis Collaborating on Hip-Hop Television Project"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308065429/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/baz-luhrmann-and-stephen-adly-guirgis-collaborating-on-hip-hop-television-p-212833 |date=8 March 2015 }}. ''[[Playbill]]'', 13 December 2013</ref> For the series, Luhrmann brought on [[Nas]], [[Grandmaster Flash]], [[Kurtis Blow]] and [[DJ Kool Herc]] as producers, to help tell the story of the rise of hip hop, punk, and disco during shifting cultural and political transformation through his unique brand of magical realism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1263-netflixs-the-get-down-is-the-rare-and-great-music-drama-thats-actually-about-music/|title=Netflix's ''The Get Down'' Is the Rare (And Great) Music Drama That's Actually About Music|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=12 August 2016|access-date=25 February 2019|archive-date=25 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223654/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1263-netflixs-the-get-down-is-the-rare-and-great-music-drama-thats-actually-about-music/|url-status=live}}</ref> The series featured two parts, praised for its vibrant music, fresh cast and authenticity, due to the involvement of many of the era's key historical figures in central roles to the show's development.<ref>{{Cite web|title=''The Get Down''|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=25 February 2019|archive-date=6 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306160326/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down|url-status=live}}</ref> Part One got a score of 77% from [[Rotten Tomatoes]], while Part Two holds a critic score of 86%.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Get Down: Season One |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down/s01 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913142832/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down/s01/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Get Down: Season Two |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down/s02 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-date=29 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929071923/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down/s02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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