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Comment on Picking up Deadwood by johnchristianplummer

johnchristianplummer — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:12:30 +0000

I’m more than familiar with Shakespeare’s works, having professionally acted in and directed productions of Shakespeare for years. You seem to have misconstrued the intent of my comment. Obviously Shakespeare’s works and the KJ bible were the works these characters had most access to, and thus influenced much of their speech patterns and vocabulary, as Milch has said in numerous interviews. My point is that most writers who comment on the Shakespearean cant of Deadwood’s characters often have nothing further to add as regards a depth of linguistic analysis. Milch is often intending to “confuse” or confound the viewer as much as he does the same with his characters (see Sol and Seth’s post funeral analysis of Rev. smith’s Paulist sermon over Bill’s grave) precisely in order to show that an effort to understand is a worthy one. Language is mutable and thus open to misinterpretation. As the fool Feste says in Twelfth Night, “A sentence is but a cheveril glove to a good wit. How quickly the wrong side may be turned outward.” That’s a scene, like many in Shakespeare, not written in verse.

Comment on Picking up Deadwood by Othello

Othello — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:20:29 +0000

From your comment we can see that you are familiar with Deadwood and David Milch. However, your remark about Shakespeare shows that you must not be familiar with The Bard. The language in Deadwood is absolutely Shakespearean. I was a drama major in college and have been in 6 of Shakespeare’s plays and have read another 12 or so, and the language of neither Shakespeare nor Deadwood do I find the slightest bit “confusing.” Though not all of Milch’s lines are in strcit iambic pentameter, they are all pretty close with many of them being exact. The period of Deadwood is much closer to today than it is to the time of Queen Elizabeth I. Though they typically did speak much more formally, they did not speak Elizabethan English. When Al Swearengen says, in episode 2 season 3, “Won’t you see with me what this might portend (10 syllables),” he might as well be speaking to Hamlet or Macbeth.

Comment on Veronica Mars and Exchanges of Value Revisited by Televisual | Indie TV and the Value of Post-Network Television

Televisual | Indie TV and the Value of Post-Network Television — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:18:32 +0000

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Comment on Complex TV: Serial Melodrama by Jason Mittell

Jason Mittell — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:39:09 +0000

David – the table of contents is going live on the NYU site this week (hopefully). But I can also send you a copy to look at…

Comment on Complex TV: Serial Melodrama by David Kociemba

David Kociemba — Sun, 12 May 2013 12:33:21 +0000

A bit tangential, but I’m interested in the How to Watch Television book. NYU, however, gives no specifics on what’s covered through a table of contents, for example. I’d be interested in ordering an exam copy, possibly for my intro media history course or my Joss Whedon course, but if there’s just 1 or 2 relevant chapters, I’d just have my library order it for general use. Any additional info you’re allowed to release?

Comment on Skyler’s Story by Complex TV: Serial Melodrama | Just TV

Complex TV: Serial Melodrama | Just TV — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:41:28 +0000

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Comment on More thoughts on soap operas and television seriality by Complex TV: Serial Melodrama | Just TV

Complex TV: Serial Melodrama | Just TV — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:41:25 +0000

Comment on Soap operas and primetime seriality by Complex TV: Serial Melodrama | Just TV

Complex TV: Serial Melodrama | Just TV — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:41:23 +0000

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Comment on Complex TV: Comprehension by Complex TV: Serial Melodrama | Just TV

Complex TV: Serial Melodrama | Just TV — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:41:17 +0000

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Comment on Veronica Mars and Exchanges of Value Revisited by Televisual | Online, “Girls” Have More Stories

Televisual | Online, “Girls” Have More Stories — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:33:29 +0000

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Comment on On Disliking Mad Men by fantasywritermom

fantasywritermom — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:10:50 +0000

I very much enjoyed this essay. I have attempted to like MM twice, but have given up. When asked why, I usually say, “I don’t see anything more than emotionally stunted people being cruel to one another.” Now I can point the people that question me to this essay–which articulates exactly how I feel.

Comment on Veronica Mars and Exchanges of Value Revisited by More on Veronica Mars’ “fan-ancing” and Netflix’s temporal approach to TV - Revenge of the Fans

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:01:08 +0000

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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:50:19 +0000

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Comment on These Questions Need Answers: An essay on the Veronica Mars pilot by Veronica Mars: Crowdfunding By Numbers | IdeaScale Blog

Veronica Mars: Crowdfunding By Numbers | IdeaScale Blog — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:12:38 +0000

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Comment on Skyler’s Story by The Good Wives | 20TV

The Good Wives | 20TV — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:42:45 +0000

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