Yet another take on True Detective

[Monte Davis]

Last line, first paragraph: "...but they get all their power back in TD."


On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>> 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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