Post by Ripley on Sept 8, 2017 10:06:19 GMT -5
I watched the pilot this week and was pleasantly surprised by the show. Maggie Gyllenhaalinkl is amazing and oddly, the peripheral characters, including Lawrence Gilliard Jr (Bob TWD) are interesting and well fleshed out. The main character twins, played by James Franco, I found much less interesting and in fact, almost think the show could do without.
The show does have cast from The Wire- in addition to Gilliard, Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris Partlow), Chris Bauer (Frank Svbotka) and others, which is nice to see.
Give it a try- I will be watching again I think and the show is not like Vinyl, thankfull.
AVClub review of the pilot
"...In The Deuce, his latest examination of social ecosystems in this country, David Simon takes a typically granular and decidedly unglamorous look at the legalization of pornography in 1970s New York. The drug-slinging game of The Wire has been replaced with prostitution, a business with every bit as expansive and demanding a market—and poised for a transformation—which is what accounts for Simon’s interest.
The former journalist has always had a knack for not just exposing the underbelly of a teeming metropolis, but also shining a light up at those who look down from their penthouses. Once again, he spins dramatic gold from the hard-to-follow inner workings of a city and even harder-to-face realities, avoiding moral judgments despite regularly wading into vice, all while delivering the latest in appointment TV...
... Again, if anyone can juggle a cast of dozens, it’s Simon, and here he’s working with several talented folks from The Wire, Treme, and Show Me A Hero, including Akinnagbe, Fishback, Bauer, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Method Man, Daniel Sauli, Natalie Paul, and more (it’d probably be easier to name-check the actors who haven’t worked with Simon before). But sometimes his energy is spent developing stories that quickly run out of steam"..."