Deadwood
Watching season two of Deadwood currently, and it’s a damn good show. Probably one of the best-cast series ever, with the exception of Alice Krige (it’s the plastic surgery), Tim Olyphant (it’s the inability to act), and casting the guy who shot Wild Bill in season one as a completely different character in season two. The actors appear to be believalby of the time presented. Except for the teeth on a bunch of ‘em, that is. No fake boobs, no washboard abs, no obvious anorexia, no botox. The set and costuming are exquisite. The stories are engaging, the writing superb (and if you’re one of the people hung up on the profanity, you really need to get the fuck over it. You’re missing the point).
In any event, it’s a great fuckin’ series. Ian McShane is superb as Al Swearengen. He’s the best of a good lot and deserving of more than his sole Golden Globe. Molly Parker is good as well, though she’s falling into my Janine Turner-supporting actress mild crush territory so I don’t really want to go out on a limb.[fn1] Powers Boothe‘s character in the second season takes a turn to the absurd, which is a shame, but Tim Olyphant’s Bullock makes up for it by unclenching his horse-tooth veener jaws a bit more frequently than in the first season.
What’s it about? Lots of stuff. It’s set in Deadwood camp before the Dakotas became part of the United States. It’s a really interesting period sociologically, with lots of material to mine and David Milch is a diggin’ away. I’m not here to provide a fuckin overview for you bitches, just stating my admiration for the fuckin series.
[fn1] Word of advice – if you are dating a highly insecure woman who starts questioning you about who you find attractive on a show you’re watching, do not, repeat, do not under any circumstances say “Janine Turner.” Also do not say that Ms. Turner is “cute as a button” as you will find yourself not only with many a cold shoulder night henceforth, but this statement will also be brought to bear against you five years later as if finding Turner “cute as a button” is the equivalent of saying your significant other is a heinous, ugly, shitbasket that you hate and never loved. Just thought I’d warn you.
For the record, Janine Turner is actually smokin’ hot, but on the show in question, Northern Exposure, she was cute as a button. Parker is a Canadian, though, so I figure that’s my out. You can’t help but have crushes on Canadians! They’re hot! Likewise for any actress from the Commonwealth, former Commonwealth nations, or the UK named Catherine or Kate or Cate. Except for Beckinsale, who is hot but not crushworthy.
