NP - Treme

rich richard.romeo at gmail.com
Fri Sep 21 12:42:09 CDT 2012


absolutely understandable. Katrina was national shame.

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:07 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe they did lay that on too heavy, but remember the real history:
> New Orleans really was besieged physically and mentally.  The suicide
> rate in the year after Katrina shot through the roof.  Some said New
> Orleans got what they deserved by God's wrath.  Others said it should
> be bulldozed, not resurrected.  Reaction to all that was the heart of
> the Goodman character.  BTW, Goodman is now at least a part-time
> local.  He really does love New Orleans.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:58 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> In Treme's case, i have no beef with that except for the tendency at least in the first season to constantly harp on the fact of how superior or unique New Orleans is. Hey, I love the place, too. I just didnt need reminding every 10 minutes ;)



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