The Deuce
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Respectfully, I disagree, I think the Vince Character looks like shit with his shaggy hair and caterpillar stash. Agree the GF has shown no signs of aging. I know its last season, and like BILLY S, said, it does kind of meander with the sub stories. All in all, its a good representation of NYC in the 70's.
What goes forgotten is how corrupt everything was, and how the fix was in for the people with the money to invest in Times Square. A little piece 40 years ago is a fucking mouthful now financially.
In a poetic way, all those characters started out in the same 2 mile radius, in the same demographics, and all their characters and stories are unfolding, like real life does. Each made their own decisions, but all had one thing in common, they all were THERE, Times Square. Each character had/chose a path, but they all have the same in common, the Deuce and Times Square / Mid Town 1970's - Mid 80's.
That part this past week when black Mike saw that guy with aids on the stretcher, and he was like "OH Shit!" He asked to see if there were tests. That was ahuge "AHHH-HAAA" moment. That sticks out to me, that shit killed you dead then, like the Heroin/Crack, and Gambino's of that era.
Bigger budget, better/more writers and the series could have been really great. All in all, not bad, and Vince is going off the deep end.
What goes forgotten is how corrupt everything was, and how the fix was in for the people with the money to invest in Times Square. A little piece 40 years ago is a fucking mouthful now financially.
In a poetic way, all those characters started out in the same 2 mile radius, in the same demographics, and all their characters and stories are unfolding, like real life does. Each made their own decisions, but all had one thing in common, they all were THERE, Times Square. Each character had/chose a path, but they all have the same in common, the Deuce and Times Square / Mid Town 1970's - Mid 80's.
That part this past week when black Mike saw that guy with aids on the stretcher, and he was like "OH Shit!" He asked to see if there were tests. That was ahuge "AHHH-HAAA" moment. That sticks out to me, that shit killed you dead then, like the Heroin/Crack, and Gambino's of that era.
Bigger budget, better/more writers and the series could have been really great. All in all, not bad, and Vince is going off the deep end.
They kind of downplay that buildings all across 42nd St which had legitimate businesses and people took their lives in their hands for decades got cheated out of their rightful payout when Empire State Development forced them out so politically connected developers could get the properties at bargain basement prices.