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No television show loved language more than HBO’s Deadwood, but that statement comes with a caveat: It was not particularly quotable.
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No television show loved language more than HBO’s Deadwood, but that statement comes with a caveat: It was not particularly quotable.
I just started watching Deadwood this week – late adopter and all – but found this essay compelling. Comparing the show to both Shakespeare and the first two parts of The Godfather, Andrew Dignan offers trenchant insights not only about HBO’s western series but about the Bard and Coppola’s movies.