In a message dated 11/14/05 6:46:03 AM,
kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com writes:
>
> DEADWOOD, much as I love it, suffers from the same
fate. I have no
> doubt cowboys sat around their blazing saddles
farting and calling each
> other cocksucker, but a little goes a long way, and
I think sometimes
> on DEADWOOD they're cursing just to remind us we're
not watching
> network television. It doesn't make the dialogue
seem particularly real
> or tough -- it just makes the writers seem to be
trying too hard, and
> rather self-consciously at that, to be "real" and
"tough."
>
I don't believe Deadwood is shooting for realism in its
dialogue, but rather a stylized form of profane
Shakespeare
John Lau
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