Okay, so I'm addicted after one episode of Deadwood. My friend Grad Student Barb recommended it to me, so I hied meself up to Rogers and found the first two episodes.
I love Westerns when they're done right--which for me means tons of swearing, an honest look at the depredations of the age, and bad teeth. You can take things like Young Guns and Silverado and bury them in the three dollar DVD basket where the bastards belong.
What I really liked about this--aside from my qualifications for a good Western being met--was the use of historical characters like Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. Imagine my surprise when I learned that Hickok and Jane did go to Deadwood, which may not have been in Hickok's best interests.
Yes, I'm in love with this show. Rogers Video will now make even more money off me.
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