You have to check out this new show on BBC America called "Copper."
It is set in NYC right after the Draft Riots of 1864-65. A Irish detective named Kevin Corcoran is the star. He is a crooked cop as are all the cops of the time. But the squalid condition of the Five Points Area and New York City itself are full documented. It is a lot like the move "Gangs of New York" and is really high quality TV.
You get to see high class miscreants who abuse and murder children, corruption and whores.
You know what? It is just like today's newspaper.
Highly recommended.
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I've been seeing ads for this at the movies. BBC America?
I liked "Whitechapel" and so far "Jekyll"
Both are BBC series.
I think Victoria recommended these on Twitter.
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
You are good to go dude.
I gotta watch this one. There's nothing more interesting than "high class miscreants."
I just hope the BBC hired some American actors or got a good accent coach. Nothing is more annoying than some limey actor pretending to be American and then saying "idear" or "a-lu-minimum".
I saw an interview with Dick Van Dyke in which he admitted his accent on Mary Poppins was perhaps the worst in history. Then there was that old mini-series North and South. Who was the accent coach on that? Gomer Pyle?
I really liked Gangs of New York - I was amazed at the acting that Daniel Day-Lewis did - he became Bill the Butcher. Kind of scary.
It was awkward seeing American gunboats shelling Manhattan, and the timing of the release of that movie could have been better, but all in all it was an amazing movie about an amazing time.
Gangs of New York - had its good moments but went over-the-top. Its a common failing in 21st century movies. Youngsters not only suspend disbelief, they throw it out the window. Or maybe they're so ignorant of the past they'll accept anything. Lincoln chasing vampires? Ok by them.
Mary Poppins was released almost 50 years ago. Dick van dyke, I bet Trooper's had a lot of fun with that name.
That reminds me of the joke that Mary Tyler Moore used to tell about her coworker...
Haz, I looked up Eagle River last night-it looks like a really nice northwoods town in Wisconsin.
Some northwoods towns I find depressing because there is literally a post office, a decrepit school and shit housing.
Eagle River looks nice though, love all the water and restaurant options.
tits.
Yes! Huge fan.
Because we had to--due to Verizon FIOS internet packaging--we have cable for the first time.
Just in time. Not only a good show, it's the sort of show I can actually recommend to others without having to excuse or ignore the HBO sort of excess.
I can actually watch Dr. Who now too, without waiting for the season to come out on streaming.
Do you get to see what and how tits looked in the 1860's?
How have they evolved, changed, etc?
What about their dress?
Were the nipples as purdy as they are now?
How about the stitch marks around the tit?
tits.
Stitch marks around the tits.
Whaaa...
The stitch marks reveal where the filling was added when the Great Creator got extra creative with the original model and did some cutting, splicing and fluffing to create the complement which now causes Titus to holler about tits in the same manner The Honey Boo Boo Child does for a dollar.
There is a bit of nudity but some really cool violence as Cork is a kick ass kind of Irish dude.
A hero of the Civil war he was a prizefighter as well.
These are mostly Irish actors playing Irish immigrants so the accents work just fine.
Titus said...
Do you get to see what and how tits looked in the 1880's?
How have they evolved, changed, etc?
What about their dress?
Were the nipples as purdy as they are now?
How about the stitch marks around the tit?
None of the Ripper's victim's breasts were stitched up because the victims died.
Sort of like The Commitments?
One of the funniest fooking movies evah!
Getting close to kick off.
My favorite line from it was something like "We're Irish...we're the niggers of Europe." At least, I think that's how it went.
A search provide this quote, perhaps cleaned up:
"Jimmy Rabbitte: Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud."
There's nudity? I've missed that. I, um, I, uh, mean I didn't see any nudity.
I saw that photo and before reading Trooper's posting my first thought was "Hey, is that what hipster men are wearing in Brooklyn this season?"
But now the real story:
The Bears still suck. Packers 23, Bears 10. And it wasn't as close as it sounds.
On the bus ride back to Chicago the Bears were delayed several minutes at the toll plaza because every time Jay Cutler attempted to throw quarters into the basket, they were intercepted.
On the happy news side, though, Mr. and Mrs. Cutler have a new baby at home. It took Jay this long to figure out the 'down and in' pattern.
Plus, he kept getting intercepted by one of Urlacher's ex wives.
This, my friends, is how to play a field goal.
It was a thing of beauty, Michael.
My bride is a big baseball fan but has evolved into a Packer fan in recent years. I had to explain a lot last night mostly because of the replacement refs and horrible announcers. The refs aren't that bad but it's like being called up to the Majors from Rookie League. The game just moves much faster.
The color announcer Mayock used the word "implosion" @ least 6 times. If I was the director I would have warned him after 3 times and then blown one of those air horns into his headset on the 4th time. Plus..he kept saying "self implosion" which is redundant. Most have learned the word in a crossword puzzle this week.
Nick, I listen to Packers radio with announcers Wayne Larrivee and Larry McCarren calling the action. TV on mute.
Allen, We differ on Uecker but agree on Larivee. Here's an oddity. When we lived in KC, Larivee was the Chiefs radio guy. When we lived in Chicago, he was the Bears radio guy. And when we moved to Wi., he became the Packers radio guy. He's a stalker. I actually met him once in KC, real down to earth guy.
Who's following whom?
Too bad that the BBC didn't feature the Packers last night. They could have had three great shows this year.
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