Martin Zirulnik
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present tense
I like this post very much, Sean. One thing I find remarkable about Deadwood ’s representation of a kind of perpetual present is that while the events of the story seem to approximate some version of “real time”—each episode picking up more or less right ... -
preoccupations
Thank you for these observations, David. It’s fascinating to see how single character types emerge in Milch’s work in a complex and apparently ceaseless process of iteration and re-iteration. It seems to me (and your post undoubtedly suggests this) that ... -
illusion of private control
Thank you for these remarks, Sean. Unless I forget something, I think you are right to suggest that Deadwood’s thoroughfare amounts to an all encompassing space of community and publicity—yet somehow this doesn’t prevent many of Deadwood’s inhabitants fr ... -
Thanks for this post,
Thanks for this post, Jason. In addition to those major teacher-disciple-like bonds you mention, your observations about the ways in which Milch’s very personal (and highly theorized) attitude toward teaching manifests itself in his characters brings to ...