Yet another take on True Detective

[Monte Davis]

I admire Nussbaum, but this time I think she's tasking TD with the sins of
many lesser movies and TV shows trading in detective bromance, victimized
women etc. Yeah, they've been abused a lot, but they get all their  "These
tropes are so easy and abused by now."

She writes as if she fears that viewers are putting Rust Cohle on a
pedestal for his philosophic insight. Huh!?! Is there any question he's as
whacked-out as the whole Yellow King cult put together? This is like
criticizing Sherlock for not acknowledging that the brilliant Holmes is
socially awkward and isolated...

Also: I've known T-Bone Burnett was a stone genius producer since Los Lobos
and Elvis Costello CDs thirty years back, but he's amazing me all over
again every Sunday night with the TD music.


On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:26 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> the other shows she mentions Top of the Lake and The Fall were very good
> and just as good as true detective, with strong female leads. neither is
> really likable  as are the detectives in True detective. But to criticize a
> show for not having a strong female lead is like whining that the
> aforementioned shows above not having a strong male lead (they really
> don't). Moreoever, the focus is on these two male detectives with all their
> shortcomings--thats the strength of the show. Woody Harrelson's wife doesnt
> strike me as a weak character. The circles of whores, junkies, rural white
> trash, the overly sexualized religious atmosphere, the characters they come
> across fits the story. thats how I see it anyway
>
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> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:50 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>> Yeah, the woman to bimbo ratio is pretty miniscule.
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>> http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2014/03/03/140303crte_television_nussbaum?currentPage=1
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>> LK
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