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I have not seen Deadwood and one reason is that I do not subscribe to HBO - but if the Deadwood tv show protrays Wild Bill Hickcock other than the Gay man that he was - then we have a continuation of the homophobic crap foisted previously - when ealier U. S. tv shows had portrayed lies about native people and that all western cowboys were heteros!!! His best female friend Calamity Jane was a noted shootist - but her Lesbianism was never acknowledged during or since that time. Bill Hickcock was murdered, shot in the back in Deadwood City, while playing cards - and the cards he held became known as the Deadman's Hand, because of his murder. > Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:53:18 -0800 > From: dwalters...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [Marxism] True Grit follow-up > To: causecollec...@msn.com > > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > I was an early booster of Deadwood and participated in the internet campaign > slamming HBO for canceling the series (they admit if was their biggest > mistake ever). > > The language of course was a big part of this show. It was liberally > fictionalized with modern contemporary (vulgar, profane, pornographic, > etc), terms often interspersed into the 19th Century linguistics spoken > more in a Shakespearean sort of dialogue than Victorian. I thought this is > what made the diolague so outstanding, in that the scenes were often > written, and delivered, as the kind of dialogue one may of heard delivered > at the Globe Theatre as opposed to American TV. What added to all this was > the basic historical accuracy of the characters involved...not the way they > were portrayed...that was fictional...but the actual course of the story arc > which, while 'interpreted' by the writers, played out pretty much in real > life...and death. > > I highly recommend that people on this list rent the DVDs of this > remarkable, well acted, totally fascinating series. > > David > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/causecollector%40msn.com ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
