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Mar the series. Some of the dialogue was so cringe-inducing in the first episode, I'm not sure how I made it to #2. One Washington Post reviewer described Colm Meany as chewing the scenery, but there's only so much the best actor can do with bad writing. Subsequent episodes are better, although this is certainly not Deadwood or even close. At first, it seemed like a mash-up of The Outlaw Josie Wales, Deadwood, and bits and pieces of dozen westerns other reviewers have mentioned. It's not exactly new news that life was brutal in the nineteenth century American west, so why anyone would think this makes the series innovative, I have no idea.
Still, there's a good deal to appreciate cinematographically and dramatically if you start viewing with your expectations in check. One thing I found curious: one subplot depicts the affection that emerges between a black railroad worker and a white prostitute, but with so many black railroad workers, why wouldn't there be black prostitutes, too? It may be historically accurate and perhaps there's a reason for it, but it would be nice if some kind of explanation were given through the plot.
score 6/10
mrood 21 December 2011
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