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RE: Say happy National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week three times fast
Oh, definitely far out. And not the kind of show I used to watch, but you can't argue it's different.
Sadly, the Governor doesn't have any say in our pay--that's set by the county government. But I doubt he would have, either way!
Well, it is time for something different. There is a trend towards that for a few years now, beginning with Braking Bad, Dexter up to series like Sneaky Pete ect. Its a different kind of story tellining and a different way of transfering it into pictures. It has a touch of comic book perspective, I think sometimes. Weird camera angles, weird cutting and so on.
And the stories are not so black and white anymore. In the past it was the pure, upright hero vs. the nasty scumbags. Today the borders are often fluid. The good are not entirely good, and the bad are not - at least sometimes - entirely bad. Or you can't even tell if someone is good or bad.
Remember shows like Bonanza? The freshly shaved Cartwrights against some evil villain... and you knew who'd win in advance.
Today you have figures like Walter White, a school teacher with cancer, who only wants to make sure his family is secure after he died. Who can condemn him for that? And yet...
I prefer the black and white good guy/bad guy shows. I see enough shades of gray in real life--and while some people don't seem to be able to tell the difference, I go to TV shows and movies for escapism, not "reality".
Which doesn't at all change the fact that my wife and I keep falling for new shows that are all about the shades of gray! Because, in the end, I'm attracted to great characters and dialogue, and good story lines, more than anything else.
I just posted something about a movie I watched - that is certainly different, without being reality. Actually, it is made of 6 short stories, and some are pretty weird stuff. Have a look at this:
https://steemit.com/deutsch/@beatminister/film-review-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs
I don't know ... your review reads like Greek to me! :-) I have been seeing ads for this. While I won't say the Coen Brothers can do no wrong, I like more of their stuff than I don't, and I'll be happy to check this out when I get a chance.
Well, review is perhaps a too big word for it. For one, I dont want to tell the whole thing, that would ruin it for people who want to watch it. But also, It's pretty hard to describe. There are segments that are so typically Western like a John Wayne movie, but some other parts are almost like Twilight Zone. As I said, a typical Coen brothers movie.
I have been writing in german lately, because its easier and also because I have more german followers reading my posts. But you can easily put it through Google translate - its still not perfect, but better than it used to be. Here the unedited result of that text:
Well, I like classic westerns and the Coen Brothers, so it sounds like my kind of thing.