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ditty bout my clitty posted:Maggie Gyllenhaal is way too frumpy for this part. I don’t think actual streetwalking prostitutes are particularly glamorous but what do I know.
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D1E posted:I don’t think actual streetwalking prostitutes are particularly glamorous but what do I know. Then how do you explain Emily Meade
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JethroMcB posted:Remember her "Sounds like freedom" remark after Frankie explained his vagabond lifestyle? I don't think she was happy with the prospect of being stuck in one of those little stalls for 8 hours. Professor Shark posted:I refuse to believe anyone reading this thread has not watch it D1E posted:LOL well they won't admit it now.
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Man, I just got depressed realizing that this show is probably gonna end with Frankie dead from the mob, someone becoming a crackwhore and Paul the bartender dead from AIDS. Edit: Party Plane Jones posted:Krumholtz got fat because he's being treated for thyroid cancer (or is in remission anyways) Aww man, just read this. Aurubin fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Oct 26, 2017 |
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Aurubin posted:Man, I just got depressed realizing that this show is probably gonna end with Frankie dead from the mob, someone becoming a crackwhore and Paul the bartender dead from AIDS. The twins are based on real people.
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I think we should spoiler any details of people who inspired these characters
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Of course. I didn't even mention what I heard in the Fresh Air interview.
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pwn posted:I watched one episode years ago, I’m sure I’ll get to it some day. The gently caress kinds of choices y'all even making with your lives?
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Orange Devil posted:The gently caress kinds of choices y'all even making with your lives? Having grown up in Baltimore, all I ever needed to do was look out the front window. The Wire was loving filmed from life.
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I really identified with Leon and I wasn't surprised he murdered Reggie Love. The pimps act like they're protected; they forget that violence is always an option for other people, too. Leon, who's kindhearted but also hard, was obliged to remind them.ditty bout my clitty posted:Then how do you explain Emily Meade She wasn't a streetwalker for very long before her star power was discovered.
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Rarity posted:Do we really need to explain why a woman might have had enough of being repeatedly slammed in the crotch by multiple strangers' dicks? Also the entire episode focused on how awful it is to work in a brothel
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While the work is awful, I think her loss of position as top whore played a lot into it as well. Right before she has to go in, she's told that the other girl had the day off because she's gotta stay fresh for the movie. Her whole story up to this point was that she was getting replaced. Compare with the black girl who left and came back. Also I love that Want Ads was part of the soundtrack, the real deal not a lovely Jackson 5 wanna be cover like in Vinyl. PaybackJack fucked around with this message at 15:25 on Oct 27, 2017 |
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Hey since the season ends tomorrow, I just wanted to say it was pretty cool hanging out with you guys and discussing it every week start to finish. I caught a couple of shows this way (like Black Sails and Spartacus, of all things, which was great to goon it up with) but I came in late to the fantastic early HBO stuff, like The Wire and Rome and Deadwood. Glad I got the opportunity. Jerusalem, I know you read the thread - any interest in doing an ep by ep breakdown like with the Wire? Some of that poo poo was really insightful. I know the old thread belonged to escape artist, but I haven't seem them post anything in a couple years. Asbury fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Oct 28, 2017 |
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Man, the post episode wrapup makes the ending even sadder, considering it was based in truth and not just an attempt at doing something shocking.
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Oh god, Lester the retiring pimp.
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Aurubin posted:Man, the post episode wrapup makes the ending even sadder, considering it was based in truth and not just an attempt at doing something shocking. Just to be sure, the pusher was just some random rear end in a top hat right? At least I didn't recognize him. I also didn't really get the significance of the revelation that he knew who Ruby's pimp was.
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veni veni veni posted:Just to be sure, the pusher was just some random rear end in a top hat right? At least I didn't recognize him. I also didn't really get the significance of the revelation that he knew who Ruby's pimp was. I think it was the same guy who beat up Eileen. And I think the implication was that he wasn't afraid of Method Man.
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it doesn't matter what else I see him in, lester freamon is always lester freamon
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Aurubin posted:I think it was the same guy who beat up Eileen. And I think the implication was that he wasn't afraid of Method Man. Ahh ok. I figured they were setting up a villain there but I couldn't figure out what was relevant about him outside of the scene with Ruby.
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He was either mobbed up or a cop, I think, meant to keep all the women and pimps who wouldn't get on board with the... civic renewal project, I guess, in line.
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Good call. Although With the way the show is going I'd say 100% cop. Actually the mob guys are one of the most interesting things about this show to me. It's a really different portrayal of the mafia than I've seen in other entertainment. They aren't the bloodthirsty psychopaths you usually see, waiting to snap at any moment. You know they are capable of violence and murder, but it's a last resort. And the amount of intimidation they are capable of seems limited. They feel pretty believable compared to most mob stuff. Even in stuff like the sopranos they are basically just a bunch of omnipresent serial killers.
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He didn't kill her for being on the streets still. He was going to leave until she talked back (something like this happened in the Wire) and asserted that she was a real person with a real name. That's why the episode title was what it is. I don't remember if he was the same guy who beat Eileen, but I doubt he's a cop or a mob guy. He's just a white guy who isn't afraid of a black pimp. I guess anything's possible though, so he might have been a cop or mob guy after all.
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The scripts I worked with had me ID him as Evil John, so take that however you will.
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Wait when did Eileen get beaten? I watch this show late after a few hours of end week drinking so I forget a bunch.
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Probably half way through the season, right before she starts doing porn. It's what causes her to want a change. Method man tries to use it as a reason to let him pimp her out.
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Milo and POTUS posted:Wait when did Eileen get beaten? I watch this show late after a few hours of end week drinking so I forget a bunch. Ep. 5.
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Oct 30, 2017 20:33
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Dammit, R.I.P. Ruby / ThunderThighs  David Simon TV shows are like watching gritty, American Morrissey songs.
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Onomarchus posted:He didn't kill her for being on the streets still. He was going to leave until she talked back (something like this happened in the Wire) and asserted that she was a real person with a real name. That's why the episode title was what it is. Where was it on The Wire? I remember it from Treme...
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Phi230 posted:I thought way more people were gonna die Yeah, lowest body count on an HBO show since Babar.
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Professor Shark posted:Where was it on The Wire? I remember it from Treme... Marlo had the security guard from the convenience store he shoplifted from killed for talking back.
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veni veni veni posted:Good call. Although With the way the show is going I'd say 100% cop. This is about the time the Mob worked hardcore on going legitimate. You can’t run around killing people if you want to stay in business. When does this come back?
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drat that was a bittersweet ending to a really good and bittersweet season. I loved how they did the Wire-esque big montage at the end.
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sbaldrick posted:This is about the time the Mob worked hardcore on going legitimate. You can’t run around killing people if you want to stay in business. We see the two mafiosos behaving better than some of the officers.
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Oct 31, 2017 10:19
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Abby is my least liked David Simon character. I think the john who murdered Ruby to be more watchable.
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Maggie Gyllenhall gives me a confused boner. I rate the season A+
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