Amazing episode and superb acting from John Turturro. I audibly gasped a couple times, easily the best new TV I have seen in a while.

  • hollowmines [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I think this show stands out more than it normally would at the moment because 99.9% of current TV is absolute dogshit. It’s not high art but it’s made with attention to detail, effective use of style and a coherent sensibility that’s not just “here’s more slop.”

    I do kind of miss the simplicity of s1 (which I admired for finding a great way to capture the unreality of office life and the feeling of “going to work”) but I’m down for where things are headed. My only concern is that in the post-Lost landscape showrunners seem a little too eager to demonstrate they’re going to cross every t and dot every i, and not leave the viewer hanging on any mysteries…personally I like a little ambiguity and lingering mystery. Hopefully they don’t feel the need to didactically over-explain.

    Pretty funny to learn that the show’s creator used to work for a company that made doors.

    • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      I think this show stands out more than it normally would at the moment because 99.9% of current TV is absolute dogshit. It’s not high art but it’s made with attention to detail, effective use of style and a coherent sensibility that’s not just “here’s more slop.”

      I think in general the coming age of post whatever this current slop insanity is, the key to good art both mainstream and indie is just noticeably giving a damn about your art. I think we are going to see a time when art/artists at least look like they are trying they are going to get credit for it. Which a bit of shame to me in the larger sense as I think we always try and give a shit about what we make, but I think we are going to see a return to strong fundamentals