TV Best Posts: The Deuce (HBO/David Simon)

Epitome · Sep 7, 2018

Sep 7, 2018
S2 this week!

Worm · Sep 11, 2017

Sep 11, 2017
Great episode. There's so much s--- going on but it's not overwhelming. Loved seeing all the wire characters...slim charles with the afro coming out with eggs

Epitome · Aug 28, 2017

Aug 28, 2017
The pilot was very good...

Very Wire-like in it's dialogue and that its clear its going to a slow build.

I wasn't sold Franco was going to be able to pull off the role's but he did pretty well...its a helluva supporting cast too.

I do wish it looked more like The Wire...grittier...the cinematography is excellent and looks like every other HBO show where as The Wire looked unique.

Epitome · Aug 10, 2017

Aug 10, 2017
Crazy I created this thread over 2 years ago and this is finally coming out...

I love how it's not just gonna be about the p--- industry, the same way The Wire wasn't just about d--- dealing.

David Simon looks like he's going back to his strength of world building a distinct city in a distinct time period...can't wait!

Epitome · Jun 19, 2015

Jun 19, 2015

The mastermind behind HBO's The Wire and Treme, along with his frequent collaborator George Pelecanos, is developing a potential series about the p--- industry for the premium network. Assuming HBO opts to move forward with the entry, titled The Deuce, it will chronicle the legalization and subsequent rise of the p--- industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s. Also explored: the rough-and-tumble world that existed in midtown Manhattan until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and a rejuvenated real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Simon acknowledges that he and Pelecanos were hesitant to take on the project when they first heard from one of their Treme location managers, who'd been researching the life of a man who had been one of the mob fronts on 42nd Street during that era. "He said, 'You’ve got to hear the guy’s stories,’" Simon recalls. "George and I looked at each other and said, 'I don’t wanna make a p--- show. … I’m married with kids and lawn furniture. I don’t want to go there, man. That’s dark.'”
Curiosity got the best of them, however, and Simon and Pelecanos agreed to meet with the subject. When he and his stories were indeed fascinating, the pair decided to continue exploring that world. As is always the case with Simon, a longtime journalist turned showrunner, that process entailed heavy research.

Still, there were a multitude of other challenges to consider. Simon felt strongly that he didn't want to be sneering at p--- while using p--- to sell the show, for instance. "You don't want to make p--- to critique p--- because that would be a venal journey — nor do you want to look down on people because that also is fairly dishonest," he explains, adding of the sweet spot: "You really have to land it in such a way where it’s a story about people and it’s a story about markets — about the moment where something became legal and profitable and what happens to people in that environment when markets prevail."
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/david-simon-reveals-plans-1970s-803073

Holy s--- this is going to great

Edit: can a mod fix my typo in the thread title @CharlieWork

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