Well, it didn’t turn out to be a white savior story, which was my biggest fear.

It didn’t turn out to be a coming-of-age story, which I thought it might be.

And it didn’t turn out to be a richly-photographed visual or soundtrack-feast sonic memoir of 1980 Queens.

I’m not sure what it was. Focus was needed.

#ArmageddonTime was disappointing.

I wish Gray had read and taken inspiration from #JonathanLethem’s #TheArrest for how to tell a story with a naive and desensitized narrator.

Someday I'd change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time
#JonathanLethem

Someday I'd change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time
#JonathanLethem