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The K-Ville Review
Protect the cypress tree: correct
Someone shot in quarter: correct
Going to Gumbo Party: wrong
A cop's commitment to city: correct
Cop who left city during katrina: correct
NOPD a bunch of bad asses: Not the last I have checked
Atlanta sucks: correct
The city still smells of toxic sludge: wrong
Children cry when it rains: I have heard that
Drinking on the job: you tell me
Drive-by at a fund raiser: So damn wrong I don't know where to start
< commercial >
Hired Guns in New Orleans being paid by rich people: Sounds wrong, but it is right
No stupid accents: Very right and surprising, well done
< commercial that makes me wish the Saints were winning damn games >
Need Gumbo to think: Doesn't sound right but then again I have never tried it
A cop pulling a gun on another cop because he knows the city: ahhh, what?
Does no one have a real realtor? All the hand written signs: some stupid shit
Oh wait, Voodoo Realty: Stupid
An old rich family has pull and can make big things happen: correct
< commercial >
A racist rich blonde: sure thing. I know a few.
Gun fight behind Twiropa: I guess so
Mississippi water you can see thru: I am gonna have to say no on that one
That many cop cars showing up that fast: Ahhh, not the last few times I have called
< commercial >
A cop convinces the whole neighborhood to stay: Well whatever, it is hollywood
The other cop escapes jail after growing up in the East: Yeah, sure.
< final >
What did you think?
September 17, 2007 in Nola Stuff | Permalink
Comments
What if we all stopped paying our taxes?
Posted by: liprap | Sep 17, 2007 11:31:51 PM
I liked the "Blackwater" undertones in the pilot. I also like the two lead actors - I'm interested in hearing more about the cop who busted out of Orleans Parish Prison (yeah...hokey, but interesting). I wish the supervisor would lose his southern accent (which fades in and out, anyway). I wish someone actually had a Yat accent. Overall, I'll watch it again - it's fun to see the locations where they've shot.
Posted by: Vicky | Sep 18, 2007 6:56:06 AM
Yeah, some stupid shit in there but overall not bad.
They need more local writers.
I wouldn't be sorry if it stayed on the air. Besides the TV moments (the aforementioned jailbreak cop, the drive-by fundraiser, etc.) there are some realistic themes about post-K New Orleans being explored (PTSD, the push-pull of staying to fight the good fight or get the fuck out of a crazy situation, the importance of home above all other things).
Posted by: Jonah | Sep 18, 2007 9:48:24 AM
^ Yep, what Jonah said. Local writers would make it so much better.
Posted by: David | Sep 18, 2007 10:27:27 AM
^ Yep, what Jonah said. Local writers would make it so much better.
Posted by: David | Sep 18, 2007 10:27:45 AM
"i bought it with two fema checks": wrong
"ginger lebeau": wrong
making poboy at home and putting tobasco on grits (from trailer): so stupidly wrong
i was hoping this would be more the wire and less csi miami. the production sucks. the writing is laughable. but what else should i have expected from fox?
Posted by: Cynthia | Sep 18, 2007 11:52:51 AM
Dude, I generally enjoyed the show.
Your's is the absolute best review I've read (and I've read several). Perfect. You nailed it.
BTW, my house didn't flood, but we were exiled for 6 weeks, and my 9-year-old daughter STILL freaks out every time it rains. That never happened when she was 6 or 7.
Posted by: Mr. Clio | Sep 18, 2007 10:33:49 PM
From a local's view, I enjoyed it!
I am from the St. Bernard area of New Orleans (9' of floodwater in my home). I drive through the lower 9th to get to work everyday. I think some things were well portrayed (i.e. accents, scenery, low tech police work, etc.). I think other things had the 'hollywood' factor put in, but overall I beleive it did a good job of setting the scene for series. I'm a big fan of police dramas and I really enjoyed seeing one set at home.
Extra Thoughts:
"i bought it with two fema checks":
Alot of locals did use FEMA money for things they shouldn't have... ask any electonics store sales man... but then again if it was lost in the storm, shouldn't it be replaced (up for debate??)
"the storm was a cleansing":
I have heard this term used to describe some areas of the city, do I agee... No, but some people looked at it this way.
Posted by: Rusty | Sep 19, 2007 12:02:59 PM
I will watch the show over MNF every week save next Monday.
Your posts are VIGOROUS WRITING: concise.
Thank you.
Posted by: dillyberto | Sep 20, 2007 9:53:52 AM
VIGOROUS.
Thanks. I stretch before I write every post.
Posted by: humidhaney | Sep 20, 2007 9:59:54 AM
"The storm was cleansing"
I was at Mayor Nagin's first town hall meeting after the storm. Throwing the seperation of church and state to the wind (pardon the pun) he began the meeting with Rev. What's-her-name giving a prayer in which she said (and this is a direct quote as I best recall it) "Heavenly Father, we know that Hurricane Katrina was about CLEANSING AND PURGING!"
I remember thinking "Cleansing whom and purging what?????"
Posted by: bentley | Sep 20, 2007 11:54:06 PM
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