Chasing Windmills

Deadwood is Awesome

I have been hearing about Deadwood for a while now, but since I don't have HBO I haven't been able to watch it. This week I rented the first season (12 episodes each about an hour long). It is great. Granted the language is worse than a sailor with a 3 day pass on Bourbon Street. But it is also very intelligent. I like westerns, but get tired with the whole posse riding out every week tracking down the bad guy.
Deadwood is a western/1930's Chicago style action/drama. It is about a mining town (which is why the language is so coarse, this ain't the queen's audience chamber after all) which is in and of itself illegal because it is in Indian territory. There is no law and morality is defined by shades of gray. Hookers have hearts of gold, wrongdoers reap what they sew, and men have to look themselves in the mirror. Great writing and a great cast make this show a must see for those of us who are not easily offended.

posted by Michael @ 8:02 AM