We love Deadwood. It features some of the most colorful dialog ever put to
film. One of many scenes that made me laugh: Swearengen is discussing
swindling someone out of a gold claim or the next throat to cut. He pauses
for a moment, looks at the 3 henchmen across from him and asks "okay, who
cut the cheese?"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] NOW: Westerns......
>I agree about Deadwood. Maybe it didn't get as much of a response here
>because, technically speaking, it's not a "movie" but a made-for-HBO
>series, kind of a gritty western soap opera. It took me a couple of
>episodes to get accustomed to and comfortable with Ian McShane as Al
>Swearengen, having become familiar with him previously as Lovejoy, his
>character in the old British TV series where he was a lovable, rascally
>antiques dealer/detective of a far gentler disposition.
>
> I've got both seasons of Deadwood on tape, and often find it necessary to
> watch each episode a second time in order to appreciate all the clever
> nuances of some of the Elizabethan-style dialogue -- like E.B. Farnum last
> week excusing his sudden mid-speech pause and strange posture by
> explaining that he was suffering from digestive distress and was
> "attempting to suppress its expression," a line that caused me to laugh so
> hard I nearly loosed a digestive-related expression of my own.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Martin G Flink" <mgflink@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> IMO Deadwood is a great show. Grit, grime and gore wrapped in a
>> compelling
>> story line. Wonderful characters.
>>
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