Deadwood: Boy-the-Earth-Talks-To (2005)
Season 2, Episode 12
3/10
Pretentious
1 August 2021
I'd be more predisposed to like this show more if the fans of it didn't sound like they weren't praising themselves for liking this show. It's fine. The dialogue is not Shakespeare. It's stylized, often to ridiculous lengths. Sometimes it's exquisite and sometimes unnecessary and bizarrely stilted. And Milch is not funny. Every show there are at least five thudding attempts at humor. You have a lot interesting themes. The destructive force of capitalism. The chaotic and merciless nature of death. The dehumanizing structure that civilization imposes on groups. There's nothing profound about a suicide at a wedding. Sorry, It also wasn't subtle. The camera held the shot for a decent duration.

I was not entertained. Politicking and squabbling over land rights is not scintillating story telling material.
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