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demoncleaner -> RE: Deadwood Season Three (Sky One) Thread... (12/1/2009 2:34:16 PM)
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Definitely! I think as far as the (wonderful) profanity is concerned, Deadwood is still something I could happily watch with my Dad for instance. I think that’s because it is pretty evident that there is such a degree of consideration put into the writing to make it lyrical, authentic, baroque, earthy and beautiful that the swearing cannot be evidence of a slothful approach or dearth of vocabulary. I think it’s great that there is a division between the “polite” characters who would refrain from calling a spade a spade and therefore have to go round the houses in euphemism and those that are less coy. There’s a monumental and varied amount of writing muscle that has to be exercised throughout the course of it. I love the fact that each character has a distinctive voice and must be tailored to. I loved Farnum’s soliciting for instance, Tolliver’s verbal sadism, Swearengen’s arch sarcasm and even the embarrassed “gender-relations” that Bullock has to traverse with Alma as well as Mrs. Bullock. Who would begrudge the odd “cocksucker” amid that?[:D] I think my favourite line so far, of which I’m equally appalled and impressed by, in its evil tactfulness, is Tolliver’s question to Wolcott on whether he’s ever ridden a prostitute “off the cliff”?
There seems to be such a literate tradition behind it that I wonder if Milch or anyone else involved has published prose outside of television scripts? One to wiki I suppose.
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