Deadwood question?
03-04-05 | 09:57 AM
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My understanding is that the cussing is accurate to the times. When the show first came out I read lots of articles about it--I love westerns--and the folks who make it apparently did lots of research about the old west of the time, including the use of language. And they did swear a lot back then.
03-04-05 | 10:49 AM
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Any time you get a group of men together with little female interaction for an extended period of time, the level of profanity goes through the roof.
03-04-05 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Sewso
I'm glad I gave it another chance, the cursing fell off dramatically after the first 2 episodes. I re-watched the first 2 again and was able to follow the show better, I think the cussing was a big distraction the first viewing. I'm now into the show and enjoying it, I was sorry and surprised that Wild Bill got killed off so fast though.
Good to hear it,it really is an amazing show.I think another thing that really helped me appreciate it was reading about the lives of the real people a lot of the characters are based on.Here is a Link to a site with a little write up about most of them.
Season 2 starts this weekend ( Sunday night) ...Woot !
03-04-05 | 04:27 PM
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I just read the dime novel Deadwood Dick for my english fiction class. Is the town Deadwood in the show based on the same town Deadwood from the story I read? In the story Deadwood was a town mostly populated by gold miners and gamblers and was a pretty rough place.
03-04-05 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by sebastianv50
I just read the dime novel Deadwood Dick for my english fiction class. Is the town Deadwood in the show based on the same town Deadwood from the story I read? In the story Deadwood was a town mostly populated by gold miners and gamblers and was a pretty rough place.
Here's a page on Deadwood Dick:
http://www.kessells.cwc.net/personal/dozen.html
03-04-05 | 06:38 PM
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OK- a bit off topic- but how can you hate Al? I think he's the most intriguing character on the show! He's definitely my favorite!
I don't think I've loved a "bad guy" like Al since JR Ewing...and I mean that as one of the highest compliments. He's one of the best TV villians EVER.
03-04-05 | 07:52 PM
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From: NJ, the place where smiles go to die
Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
I don't think I've loved a "bad guy" like Al since JR Ewing...and I mean that as one of the highest compliments. He's one of the best TV villians EVER.
03-04-05 | 11:10 PM
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From: Norman, OK
Originally Posted by Sewso
I'm glad I gave it another chance, the cursing fell off dramatically after the first 2 episodes. I re-watched the first 2 again and was able to follow the show better, I think the cussing was a big distraction the first viewing. I'm now into the show and enjoying it, I was sorry and surprised that Wild Bill got killed off so fast though.
you'll get to where you don't even notice the cussing....the stories and character development is some of the best I've ever seen on any show.
I'm not a fan of excessive cussing OR westerns, but Deadwood is the best series I've ever seen
03-05-05 | 09:06 AM
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I just started watching this series, finished ep 4 last night. My jaw just dropped when
I was not expecting that at all.
Kind of like the thread starter, I was a bit distracted by the cursing at first. I think it's because I've never seen a Western with language like this, but the typical lack of language is probably a construct of Hollywood rather than reality. The show has really hooked me, though. But I still can't believe that
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Kind of like the thread starter, I was a bit distracted by the cursing at first. I think it's because I've never seen a Western with language like this, but the typical lack of language is probably a construct of Hollywood rather than reality. The show has really hooked me, though. But I still can't believe that
Spoiler:
03-05-05 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
I don't think I've loved a "bad guy" like Al since JR Ewing...and I mean that as one of the highest compliments. He's one of the best TV villians EVER.
