Good Television for a change

If any of you missed tonight's House because you were watching Dancing with the Stars, you missed great television. House has been building the past few episodes back into it's once great self. Tonight's episode featured a guy (played by Mos Def) who had locked in syndrome. Basically he was paralyzed and brain dead from the outside, but inside he was totally alive. He could feel pain and see everything around him, he just couldn't interact with it. Here is a preview:



Over 40 minutes of the episode was directly from Mos Def's point of view lying in the bed, unable to move or interact. It was pretty cool. There were also a few dream sequences of him interacting with House that were also cool. Definitely should check it out.

It also got me to think about Mos Def. He is one of probably 2 rappers that I can take seriously enough as an actor (Will Smith is the other, and you could argue he was never a rapper). LL Cool J and Ice Cube and Ice T are all jokes. Mos Def is cool because he actually carries his own wait in movies and TV along side very powerful actors.

• Be Kind Rewind (not a very good movie, but he holds his comedic own against Jack Black
• Chappelle Show- was on 6 episodes and was hilarious in all 6
• 16 Blocks- again not a very good movie, but more than holds his own against Bruce Willis
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - never saw it, but he is pretty much the lead role
• He stays with his name Mos Def when acting, which is cool
  
• He has stayed true to his rap roots, still laying down the same type of rap songs, never once selling out and making more "radio friendly" rap music. Now, if white people start liking his rap music, we might have a problem