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[moon_custafer]

green_trilobite spontaneously decided to rewatch the first episode of Deadwood last night. It’s strange seeing each character introduced. Al is still metaphorically twirling his moustache; Jane gets this look of fangirl squee on her face every time Bill speaks to her; Doc is this weird little mad-scientist guy you don’t know whether or not to trust, and Rev. Smith is already a bit off kilter, but you don’t yet know what to make of him, either. Ellsworth hasn’t cleaned up yet. I’d forgotten Tim Driscoll, as he doesn’t survive this episode – the actor keeps reminding me of Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall) in a weird way.

I’d also forgotten how many scenes there are of not-talking in Deadwood – you think of it as all about the language, but people throw a lot of “yeah, I noticed it too” glances at each other.

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Jewel's dress being different throws me off, as well. And how Al still wears the shirt instead of just his union suit under his jacket & waistcoat. Plus Johnny in a hat for the only time ever. Lol.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, most of the Gem girls had a lot more clothing on than in later episodes – makes me wonder if a memo went around….

[leave-harmony.livejournal.com]

"We're gonna need a lot more underpants."

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

"and striped over-the-knee stockings."

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I love those stockings.
The costumes were all so perfect, really.
Separate from my massive crush on Doc, is my massive crush on his second season velvet suit. Lol.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Where's he supposed to have got that suit, in-world? Did his everyday suit finally wear out and he had to unpack his good suit?

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Maybe he treated a direly ill tailor who gave him the suit as payment ^_^

The official reason was that the lady who did costumes was never happy with how the original wool one didn't show distress very well...mudstains sort of got absorbed rather than showing up on camera, that kind of thing. So they made the second one.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

: ) Rewatching it, green_trilobite asked "was this the grimiest show ever made?" I'm pretty sure I've seen behind-the-scenes footage of the extras being sprayed down with mud and then dust.

Confession - whenever there's construction work in early spring and the sidewalks get replaced with wooden planks over mud, I pretend I'm in Deadwood. It at least makes the mud *interesting*.

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Eh heh, we have a similarly evocative boardwalk down by the lake.
You can really rock that thing in a long skirt and ankle boots.