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AMERICAN HORROR STORY – S1E10
What American Horror Story really needs—apart from a more savvy and tyrannical script editor—is an exorcist. Continue reading
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DEADWOOD-S1E7
"Bullock Returns to Camp" is structured around pairings, as individual characters interact with old friends, encounter kindred spirits, and recognize slightly distorted reflections of themselves. In friendship, in sympathy, and even in conflict, if we look closely enough at the person across from us, they start to look a lot like us. Continue reading
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DEADWOOD—S1 E1-2
Like all shows—and perhaps more than most—Deadwood has a lot of work to do in its first few episodes; there's a lot foundation to lay, a lot of exposition to get through, and at least a dozen major characters to introduce. There are also, by necessity, some expectations to recalibrate and thwart: series creator and writer David Milch is very aware of the fact that, for most of us, our perception of the Old West is inseparable from Hollywood's, where the genre is as old as the medium itself. It is—to borrow one of Milch's favorite phrases and themes— "a lie agreed upon." Continue reading
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