Thursday, September 26, 2019
The Deuce: The Final Season
I have been following this series since it began and I have to say it is very accurate. I worked in Times Square during these times especially in the 1980's. The show the Wall Street culture and how the big money guys came in and took over. They show Jack Marple and Giuliani and the beginning of the taking back of New York. Best of all they show the big changeover in the Mob when Gotti killed Castalano and it all went to shit.
Best of all is the music. Man that brings back memories.
My buddy had a video store in the 1980's. Remember those? The independent video store that rented tapes before Blockbuster took over. Well he had a back room where he used to keep the porno tapes. He had this woman we called the Porno Lady who would come by with a bunch of tapes she would sell from the trunk of her car. Some were bootleg. In fact he eventually got a visit from the FBI. This series reminded me of those days.
Memories man. Memories.
Catch this series. It is very well done. Pelecano's is a great writer. I have read all of his mysteries. He is the real deal and knows what he is talking about. Highly recommended.
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Do all the guys who made the show realize they're celebrating a dystopia? I wonder. No, to be honest I don't wonder. I think they're all so caught up in the excitement of the Rotten Apple that they can't see it for what it was and is. This would all be gaseous bullshit if I hadn't lived in the same place they're celebrating at that time. But I did and it was rotten and I got out. A thousand times Thank The Lord.
I'm always up for a show with a great soundtrack.
Amen Ricpic.
I too was working in the City back in those days. My office was on 34th across from Penn Station. I HATED being anywhere near Times Square back in those Ed Koch, do nothing about anything days. Even the cops I knew then didn't like going near that shithole section of town.
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