The Deuce

[sonatine]

New HBO series about the rise of porn in NYC or something.

Two glaring issues right off the bat;

1) Its a period piece, and period pieces are actually super expensive to produce.

2) They seem to be focusing on how Deep Throat blew open the doors (pun etc) of the porn market, which means at some point they will almost certainly have to touch on Linda Lovelace's career, and that shit wasnt sexy. Basically her entire career + personal life were an ongoing series of coke fueled rapes, up to and including her manager / husband forcing her to fuck their german shepherd. Whether or not you choose to take her autobiography at face value or not, its still her narrative, sooooo....

Either they dont go there, or they whitewash it, or they accurately describe it; I dont see any of those scenarios going over well.

Literally could be another Vinyl superflop implosion, people just arent going to be like "OH MAN SUNDAY NIGHT FINALLY I GET TO SEE A STARK GRITTY PORTRAYAL OF 70'S NYC DRUG ABUSE AND RACIAL POLITICS" no matter how many tits we see flopping around.

[sonatine]

Id much rather see a series about the rise and fall of the SoCal porn scene, but I guess Boogie Nights kinda cashed that check..

[Mintjewlips]

Id rather read the riveting dialogue on skatz..........sooo entertaining.

[DJ_Chaps]

WHATAYA KNOW? A SHIT THREAD CALLED THE DEUCE. YA CANT MAKE THIS UP, FOLKS.

[lol wow]

Tine don't let this guy denigrate what we do on skatz

[sonatine]

Tine don't let this guy denigrate what we do on skatz

Said the Gomorrah denier.

[DJ_Chaps]

ATINE, IS GARE MORE OF A SODOM GUY?

[gut]

I still hate how HBO pulled the plug on Boardwalk Empire early, then continue to make expensive period pieces.

[sonatine]

I still hate how HBO pulled the plug on Boardwalk Empire early, then continue to make expensive period pieces.

Also, Deadwood.

[Hockey Guy]

I thought this was gonna be a thread about a bus that goes up & down the Las Vegas strip.

This subject, NYC porn, may have been a better choice TBH.

[sonatine]

So.... this show is fucking incredible. I blew it off until the first season wrapped and I can honestly say, half way through the second ep and its pretty fucking great.

[Brittney Griner's Clit]

I put off watching this too. I was gonna watch it like 20 times but I think I just always end up not watching it because I don't want to watch sexually explicit stuff unless I want to be sexually explicit. But maybe it doesn't have constant sex scenes???

[sonatine]

Its got a fucking ton of raw as fuck sex but none and I mean none of it is sexy.

Real talk I dont think Ive ever, in my life, seen pimps done this well. It's absolutely drop fucking dead brutal.

And I am telling you point blank its possibly the most realistic 70's Times Square sets/scenery I have seen in decades.

[sonatine]

This show is the anti-Vinyl.



Oh and realest possible talk, PEAK FRANCO.

[Sloppy Joe]

Watched it week to week, give it a solid 8 out of 10. Many scenes tough to stomach.

David Simon, George Pelecanos et al. can sure tell the hell out of a story.

Makes me wonder, is Treme worth a go?

[sonatine]

Watched it week to week, give it a solid 8 out of 10. Many scenes tough to stomach.

David Simon, George Pelecanos et al. can sure tell the hell out of a story.

Makes me wonder, is Treme worth a go?

I fucking hated Treme.

I mean I fucking hhhhaaaaaaaated Treme.

Every episode was a perfect Bingo of everything I never wanted to spend time out of my life watching.

[lol wow]

Franco is literal magic in this show and shouts to maggie who was born with 70s tits

[sonatine]

Franco is literal magic in this show and shouts to maggie who was born with 70s tits

maggies 70s tits were where i understood that this show was art.

[ErickAA]

I saw the first episode. It was K. But with football and basketball going on just not enough time right now. May give it a shot when football season is over.

I will say seeing a bunch of nudity involving people I don't find physically attractive isn't really my thing. This includes both the men and women, so that wasn't really a plus. I get it, NYC streetwalkers are for the most part gross looking, I have seen enough Pimps and Hoes type documentaries to know this going in. But in that case, if you are going to keep it real I don't really need all the nudity.

[sonatine]

I saw the first episode. It was K. But with football and basketball going on just not enough time right now. May give it a shot when football season is over.

I will say seeing a bunch of nudity involving people I don't find physically attractive isn't really my thing. This includes both the men and women, so that wasn't really a plus. I get it, NYC streetwalkers are for the most part gross looking, I have seen enough Pimps and Hoes type documentaries to know this going in. But in that case, if you are going to keep it real I don't really need all the nudity.

Totally valid. Late 70s/early 80s Times Square has a lot of personal resonance for me so to see it handled this artfully is just a total absolute treat for me.

There is nothing about the nudity that's supposed to be erotic, its about as close to cinema verite as you can get in a period piece.