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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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[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*.

[leave-harmony.livejournal.com]

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.