DEADWOOD (HBO-TV)- DVD

[John Dailey]

~ The major characters herein are 'historically based'. Wiki the subject and you'll find REALLY interesting info re this 'soap-opera.'

~ Here be where Wild Bill Hickock chose to come, and...stay. Here be where 'Calamity Jane' got her 1st nick. Here there be...outlaws, in the all-comprehensive sense of the word (following the gold-prospectors whom the 'town' started around.)

~ The 'town' itself was an illegal, 'outlaw' town...as all therein knew. --- Here there be...so aproposly named...deadwood.

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[John Dailey]

~ Al Swearengen (Ian McShane) is the most C**kF**kin'ist C**t-Pr**kHead who ever opined anything on any subject (note the 1st 5 letters of his name), by this series' (David Milch, of NYPD fame) view, who seemingly couldn't, normally, talk without vulgar language being chronically part-and-parcel of his...speaking. Though the predominant one thereby, he wasn't the only one, so, interested viewers who have a prob with such...beware attempting to follow this series! --- Milch, in his separate 'audio-commentaries' explains why re how the 'power of language' was seen even then as to how foul/indecent/non-PC language (used tactically) has 'power'. THAT's interesting in itself; seems there's more to 'swearing' (what a misnomer!) than meets-the-'limited-vocabulary'-view's eye, definitely.

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Edited October 29, 2007 by John Dailey

[John Dailey]

~ Then, there's Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant), the 'stalwart' man-of-few-words...and resultant, yet reluctant, 'nemesis' of Al. Little to say about him, beyond that he said...little. Re he, it's actions that counted...for his own purposes.

~ Yet, they both, in the same camp/'town', tried to merely be separate 'buisnessmen' having as little to do with each other as possible (recognizing they had conflicts of viewing others...ergo each other). --- That one was a casino-pimp operator, and the other a hardware salesman may have been relevent there.

~ Whatever, clearly ya was a fool to try to f**k around with either one of them. Ntl, the town (with nothing worth calling an 'officially-authorized' sheriff, yet) was a whirlpool that drew each to the other in a dance to the funnel's bottom.

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[John Dailey]

ADDENDUM:

~ Didn't intend this in my 3-part 'summary' of this...hell, 'fascinating' (psychologically speaking)...series, but, I must add: I see much of the 'conflict' 'twixt these main characters (historically or just fictionally) representative of much re the 'conflicts' within the O'ist community.

~ Am I reading too much in here, or.........are there some (such as Al, methinks, who always seemed to search for pinning down re others who 'agree with me' or, if not, therefore 'are a threat to me') that just seem to have a need to apply this concern to everyone they discuss subjects-of-import with?

~ Ie: is there 'deadwood' in the O'ist community?

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Edited October 29, 2007 by John Dailey