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Originally posted by Dr. DVD
Who was the prostitute that hung around Powers Boothe? She looked pretty fine.

I'm pretty sure that is Kim Dickens

Although I don't know why i know that, nor why she seemed so familiar. She was in the Gift and Hollow Man, the only two of her movies i've seen, and I must have found her attractive and looked up her name before or something....regardless, let's hope she gets some more exposure on the show :D

I must be the only person who likes Calamity Jane...I think her interaction with the little girl is cute especially the whole bit with the swearing and owing the girl a penny for it.

I don't get the Ricky Jay love. What's he been in?

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Originally posted by mrglass
I must be the only person who likes Calamity Jane...I think her interaction with the little girl is cute especially the whole bit with the swearing and owing the girl a penny for it.

I don't get the Ricky Jay love. What's he been in?

I like Calamity Jane also. But I think she may meet a violent death pretty soon. :(

And who is this Ricky Jay? What character does he play?

Chris

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Originally posted by mrpayroll
I like Calamity Jane also. But I think she may meet a violent death pretty soon. :(

I dont know how much they will stick to the history of the charactors but IRL Calamity Jane lived to a ripe old age.

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Originally posted by joltaddict
I dont know how much they will stick to the history of the charactors but IRL Calamity Jane lived to a ripe old age.

That's surprising, considering her abrasive attitude towards everyone!

Chris

I wouldn't say a ripe old age....she died at 51...but she did live to see the 20th century. here's a little bio (with the spoiler provided should you wish to avoid knowing the real fate of a major figure in Deadwood)

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Calamity Jane
(May 1, 1852 (?) - August 1, 1903)
Martha Jane Cannary Burke

http://womenshistory.about.com/libra...amity_jane.jpg

Born about 1852 in Missouri, Martha Jane Cannary went to Deadwood, Dakota, during the Gold Rush in the Black Hills. There,

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, she claimed that he was the father of her child and that they'd been married. (The child, if it existed, was said to have been born September 25, 1873, and given up for adoption.)

She was noted her habit of dressing in men's clothing. She nursed victims of a smallpox epidemic in 1878, also dressed as a man. She was something of a local legend because the Sioux Indians left her alone (as well as because of her other eccentricities).

She married Clinton Burke in 1891 after they'd lived together for at least six years.

In her later years, she appeared in Wild West shows, including the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, around the country, featuring her riding and shooting skills. But her chronic drunkenness and fighting caused many problems, and after she was fired in 1901 from a show, she retired to Deadwood, where she died of pneumonia. She was buried next to Wild Bill Hickok.

Why "Calamity"? That's what she'd threaten to any man who bothered her -- a calamity. Or perhaps it was due to her heroic efforts during the smallpox epidemic. Or maybe it was a description of a very hard and tough life.

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Originally posted by mrglass
I don't get the Ricky Jay love. What's he been in?

He's been in several Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights and Magnolia, where he was the narrator and, I believe, a producer of the gameshow) and David Mammet flicks (Heist comes to mind). Unless I'm mistaken, he's known for doing magic or, at the very least, card tricks.

not just card tricks....but throwing cards....the man can slice a watermelon with a card and otherwise impale them into whatever....he's thrown them over 100 miles an hour too I think, with incredible accuracy.

Ricky Jay is a consummate card magician and a staple to any Mamet film.

Ricky Jay was also a minor character in the Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. I think he was a weapon scientist.

I want to know what's going to happen to Brom Garret's wife? He spent all of their money on that claim. Will she stay? Go? Become a whore?

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Originally posted by neiname
Ricky Jay is a consummate card magician and a staple to any Mamet film.

Here's some more info on him and his many endeavors...

http://www.rickyjay.com/bio.html

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Originally posted by Iron Chef
I want to know what's going to happen to Brom Garret's wife? He spent all of their money on that claim. Will she stay? Go? Become a whore?

She still owns the claim. I assume she'll sell it to someone (Swearengen most likely, I'd guess) and then head back east.

Either that or she'll start mining the claim herself...

Where did you find out that information about Calamity Jane? According to that Deadwood, SD museum website that was posted in last week's thread, Will Bill & Calamity Jane never had any romantic involvement, contrary to popular and protrayed belief.

I finally got around to watching this episode. Gotta' say, that it was the most enjoyable for me for whatever reason (maybe it was the hot prostitutes!). Glad to see both Powers Boothe and Ricky Jay!