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I'm calling the Deadwood fans out there !
Apr. 25th, 2012 05:33 pmI have finished reading Ina Rae Hark's essay on Deadwood, and it put me in the mood for some parsing. It's funny to see how we all come with different readings. I don't claim to be right with mine, but it's meaningful that none of my interpretations are echoed in her scholarly take on the show. We obvioulsy come from different background and it shows. What she said in her book is quite insightful (the chapter on language!) though, and there's stuff I wouldn't have thought of (the chapter on "Deadwood's political economic narrative", or the parallel between Sol/Seth and Hostetler/Nigger General)but that sounds rather relevant. I will post something on that book some day...
But her chapter on "Women and power", although convincing in regard to the characters of Jane and Richardson and thought-provoking, left me unsatisfied in regard to the big scheme of things, and she doesn't even try to analyse the theatre group and what it brings to the show. I wonder if there a work out there that does. If so, point me to the right direction, please!
So let's try to decipher, here and now, the confusing theatre stuff, especially in the final three episodes, a storyline that, according to some fans, made no sense and ruined the show (btw it reminds me of all the critiques of the First Evil in Buffy's season 7).
First, I wanted to write a complete review of each episode but I changed my mind, and will rather study one aspect of the ending season 3 today: Jack Langerish and the mysterious women who were suddenly showed up near the end of the season.
Actually, three new female characters are introduced in the final episodes and I think that three new dark-haired women are supposed to be interpreted together. They look alike A LOT and, yes, it is supposed to be confusing.
The women are: Mary the artist (the woman in red), Josiane the Gypsy dancer (and possibly a former prostitute) and Janine the new whore whom Cy hired at Bella Union.
( Read more... )
ETA: is David Milch's Deadwood: Stories of the Black Hills worth reading?
But her chapter on "Women and power", although convincing in regard to the characters of Jane and Richardson and thought-provoking, left me unsatisfied in regard to the big scheme of things, and she doesn't even try to analyse the theatre group and what it brings to the show. I wonder if there a work out there that does. If so, point me to the right direction, please!
So let's try to decipher, here and now, the confusing theatre stuff, especially in the final three episodes, a storyline that, according to some fans, made no sense and ruined the show (btw it reminds me of all the critiques of the First Evil in Buffy's season 7).
First, I wanted to write a complete review of each episode but I changed my mind, and will rather study one aspect of the ending season 3 today: Jack Langerish and the mysterious women who were suddenly showed up near the end of the season.
Actually, three new female characters are introduced in the final episodes and I think that three new dark-haired women are supposed to be interpreted together. They look alike A LOT and, yes, it is supposed to be confusing.
The women are: Mary the artist (the woman in red), Josiane the Gypsy dancer (and possibly a former prostitute) and Janine the new whore whom Cy hired at Bella Union.
( Read more... )
ETA: is David Milch's Deadwood: Stories of the Black Hills worth reading?