Reading Deadwood
a Western to Swear by
With the debut of Deadwood on HBO, a vision of the Old West emerged that was unlike anything done before on TV. David Milch, also the creator of NYPD Blue, imbued the series with his signature use of harsh language, complex storylines, and shocking acts of violence. The characters he created redefined the hackneyed stereotypes of the Western genre, from the harassed but defiant Chinaman, Mr. Wu, to the murderous, ferociously funny Al Swearengen, to the whiskey-drinking Calamity Jane who's only too happy to help her friend run the new brothel in town. Reading Deadwood offers an entertaining and eye-opening look into everything from the use of…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84511-221-9
- EAN: 9781845112219
- Produktnummer: 2359647
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H21.5 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.0 cm 352 g
- Gewicht: 352
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
David Lavery is Chair in Film and TV at Brunel University in London, co-editor of the online journal Slayage and a founding editor of Critical Studies in Television. His books include Reading The Sopranos (I.B.Tauris 2006) and volumes on Twin Peaks, X-Files, Seinfeld and My So Called Life.
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