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Deadwood - The Complete First Season (2004)
Excellent Show, Not 5 Stars for Different Reason
I *LOVE* this show!! And I *want* to continue loving it!!
Yes, it's the swearing that prevents it from being 5 stars, but I have different reasons for taking umbrage at the use of nonstop f*cking, c*cks*cker, and m*therf*cker. I write historical fiction and it was the most grating thing when I first heard this language--because it's completely anachronistic!!! F*cking as an intensifier wasn't used till 1893, and Deadwood takes place in 1867. Of the other 2, one wasn't until the 1890s, and the other not till the 1950s!!!
For someone who does this night and day for a living, hearing these anachronistic terms just rips me out of the story. When I watch historicals I like to lose myself in the story, not be torn out of it--in this case every thirty seconds!! The writer swore :):) he did his research. Yes, people did swear back then, but it was of a different flavor entirely. If you read civil war letters, they're full of non-bleepable things like "son of a bitch," "god damned," and "suck my arse." The screenwriter just failed to walk three feet over to his slang dictionary. I've never seen one historical document where people used this language in 1867.
Other than that--LOVE IAN McSHANE!!! I am going to try to keep watching this because it *is* so excellent, maybe with the sound turned down.
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