‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’ joins wave of musical bios

Enter "Wu-Tang: An American Saga," a 10-part Hulu miniseries about the seminal hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan. It's produced and co-written (along with Alex Tse) by the group's The RZA, inspired by the books "The Wu-Tang Manual" and "The Tao of Wu."Frequently entertaining, 10 parts is still an awful lot to ask of an audience on this kind of dive into musical history, which chronicles Wu-Tang's rise during the early 1990s, amid all the dangers and excesses associated with the crack cocaine epidemic."Wu-Tang: An American Saga" is a dense look at how it all came together, with a strong cast that includes Ashton Sanders ("Moonlight") as Bobby Diggs, a.k.a. RZA. Even so, with that much time to fill, the pacing doesn't exhibit much sense of urgency.Still, "An American Saga" is really just a more expansive rendition of a formula that has been much in evidence over the last few years — following "Bohemian Rhapsody," the box-office mega-hit produced with the blessing of surviving Queen band members Brian May and Roger Taylor; and "Rocketman," a more ambitious musical chronicle of Elton John's life, which the singer produced and helped promote.Television has also gotten into the act, including BET's "The Bobby Brown Story," a four-hour miniseries that aired last year based on the singer's autobiography, offering a not surprisingly sympathetic window into his life.The lure of big musical names also spun out "Vinyl," a short-lived 2016 HBO series — built around a record label in the 1970s — that counted Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese among its producers. The show cost a small fortune to produce — in part because of the extensive music rights — but yielded disappointing results, both creatively and commercially.Nevertheless, thanks to "Bohemian's" success the hits, as they say, will keep coming, although not necessarily in the form of what amount to licensed products. Recently announced projects include director Baz Luhrmann's announced biography of Elvis Presley (already immortaliRead More – Source