MikeK
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I've been watching Homeland but it's moving very slowly and I haven't gotten a grip on it yet. I really liked the principal character (Damian something) in Band of Brothers but I don't like him in this role. Offhand, I can think of half-a-dozen other actors who would fit the part much better.Isn't anyone else watching this excellent HBO series?
Steve Buscemi has proven to be a flexible and really good actor having played everything from a degenerate low-life thief and killer in Fargo and a likeable dimwit lackey in The Big Lebowski to, now, Enoch Thompson, a very real, very corrupt New Jersey politician and bootlegger during the Prohibition era.
In case anyone else has been following this series, I've been fascinated with the progress of the Margaret Schroeder character, from a beaten and dejected wife of a brutal drunk to the concubine of the racketeering titular King of Atlantic City. She is a substantive and resourceful woman to say the least. And the depictions of the Roaring Twenties era are as good as it gets -- from the sets to the costumes, the music, the background situations, the parade of interesting, colorful characters and the fascinating turns of events.
I'd say Boardwalk Empire ranks with Deadwood and Rome as another of HBO's most artful productions. It has me looking forward to Sunday nights and I'd be interested in knowing what others think of it.
Love it. I watch it every week. Have you seen Homeland?
At this point, and in spite of his Islamic adaptation, I don't believe he's been "turned" as the Carrie character believes he has. But she has moved closer to him now and a relationship is beginning to form. He seems attracted to her which makes me think his impotence with his wife is, rather than a psychological affliction, rooted in his adopted Islamic faith, which abhors adultery moreso than any other. Believing (correctly) that his wife has been intimate with another man (regardless of circumstances) she has become "unclean" to him.
So, it's getting interesting and we'll see what happens.