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deoju posted:Oh, I thought the time from contraction to death in untreated cases was much shorter, like 2 or 3 years. But I just checked and the World Health Org says it averages 11 years. I went to Memorial and then UW. The Hotel opened in 1979 when Rod and his brother Greg bought it for about 200k. Before that, it was a nasty rear end residential hotel/halfway house on W. Washington almost to the Asian IGA. It burned down in 1996. edit: also I saw some people go a lot faster than 11 years, but yeah that seems about right and seeing people getting so sick so fast and not knowing why. Humbug Scoolbus fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Oct 19, 2017 |
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Shima Honnou posted:I gotta wonder how they're gonna handle the time skips. The show's focus is pretty tight in on the characters. Well, Maggie Gyllenhaal looks like she's ready to time skip to the 80s, 90s, or the modern day. I still can't believe Abby's actress is just 2 years younger than Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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3Romeo posted:It's kind of like the part in the last episode where Frankie and Black Frankie are following the money: That was Frankie and Big Mike. Black Frankie was with Vince and Robert working on the brothel.
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Victorkm posted:That was Frankie and Big Mike. Black Frankie was with Vince and Robert working on the brothel. I didn't even put it together until just now how the writers were able to split up Vince/Frankie for most of the episode to limit how much time Franco had to be playing two different characters in the same scene. I'm going to imagine that is going to be a common occurrence. One of the twins having to run out on a mission of some sort.
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Victorkm posted:That was Frankie and Big Mike. Black Frankie was with Vince and Robert working on the brothel. You're right. Turns out, I'm racist!
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I thought that Harvey was going to fire Candy for inadvertently bringing CC into the picture, I was semi-relieved that he's actually trying to help her, even if it sounds like his way of helping is just to make her a slightly more exclusive prostitute with a madam instead of a pimp.deoju posted:The actress who plays the production assistant who refused to be a fluffer was in the Wire. In the Wire she played a heroin addict who turned to prostitution to feed her habit. She gives an incredible monolog about her inner addict and all the poo poo she's done. Hey that's George Pelecanos' daughter! I didn't recognize her, it's cool she's not having to play somebody swirling down the drainhole like she did in the Wire... well not yet, anyway. 
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Milo and POTUS posted:Prediction: everybody on the show still alive will get AIDS. Pretty much. This is a David Simon show though, so most of the characters will be lucky to get off that easy. It's still refreshing to watch a show that's built around long-term historical storytelling instead of traditional TV pacing. I guess maybe the only thing in this show I don't buy is Margarita Levieva as a 20-year-old or that her character fits in as anything but a slight break from ultra-graphic prostitution scenes. Also there appears to be only around ten prostitutes in all of Manhattan.
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I really wish this show would make it clear if Candy is tired of hooking or not. The ambiguity is killing me!!!
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Oct 23, 2017 02:29
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El Jeffe posted:Right on, Leon I went "Jesus Christ" when that happened. Goddamn, Slim Charles doesn't gently caress around in any universe.
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Vanderdeath posted:I went "Jesus Christ" when that happened. Goddamn, Slim Charles doesn't gently caress around in any universe. That's Slim Charles? drat.
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JethroMcB posted:I really wish this show would make it clear if Candy is tired of hooking or not. The ambiguity is killing me!!! I'm beginning to suspect that selling your body isn't the best career.
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El Jeffe posted:Right on, Leon Straight up my favorite moment of the season.
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El Jeffe posted:Right on, Leon I won't be able to watch for a few weeks, is is kosher to throw a spoiler bar on it as reveal? oswald ownenstein posted:Slim Charles is such a fuckin badass Him telling Chris to respect the women in his restaurant owned so I assume this is along those lines.
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All the awful poo poo I thought was gonna happen didn't (since this is the penultimate episode, I had a bad feeling about everything)...and then that happened. Fuckin awesome.
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That married man throwing up after having sex with Eileen was probably the most uncomfortable scene yet for me. Maggie's face during it all really sold it. And then caps it off with falling face-first in the bed to sleep, and then, "Get out."
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Straight women love the yaoi even in 1972 I see.oswald ownenstein posted:Slim Charles is such a fuckin badass Oooooooooooh. Maybe that's why that scene made me think of "that was for Joe."(Wire spoiler)
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Here's a quote from the wire. S3E01, Wee-Bey talking to Avon about Cutty...quote:Boss, you talkin' about a homey walked up an' shot Elijah Davis in broad daylight at Pennsie and Gold, then picked up the phone, dialed 9-1-1, told the police, "I just shot a friend of the family, come get him".
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dont even fink about it posted:I guess maybe the only thing in this show I don't buy is Margarita Levieva as a 20-year-old or that her character fits in as anything but a slight break from ultra-graphic prostitution scenes. drat, I thought she was like maybe 24 or 25, not nearly 40. But yeah, her character is the one most out of place thus far.
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Your Gay Uncle posted:Maggie Gyllenhall is totally going to get aids and it’s going to be very sad. But Forrest will adopt her son.
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Vanderdeath posted:drat, I thought she was like maybe 24 or 25, not nearly 40. But yeah, her character is the one most out of place thus far.  holy poo poo she's older than I am. Yeah I would have guessed 25 tops. Guess I feel like less of a creep now. The only scene so far that really had my eyes rolling was when she changed the radio station. The second she leaned over I thought "lemme guess the velvet underground is going to conveniently be playing on the next station because that would be too precious" and sure enough. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Oct 23, 2017 |
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Frankie at the movies killed me. I had to pause it and just laugh for awhile - yeah, we all knew it was coming but drat.
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Shooting Blanks posted:Frankie at the movies killed me. I had to pause it and just laugh for awhile - yeah, we all knew it was coming but drat. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
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Vanderdeath posted:But yeah, her character is the one most out of place thus far. I think I'm with you on this. She's a great actress and the character is good and complicated, but it's almost like she's a transplant from this year sent back into the 70's world of the show. Her sensibilities feel about three decades ahead of the curve (but maybe that's the entire point of the character - showing that she's ahead of her time but also giving the modern-day audience an attitude analog). She certainly isn't bad by any means, but I do agree that she's a little out of place.
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God, after every episode i just feel so dirty and skeeved out. Blech.
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3Romeo posted:I think I'm with you on this. She's a great actress and the character is good and complicated, but it's almost like she's a transplant from this year sent back into the 70's world of the show. Her sensibilities feel about three decades ahead of the curve (but maybe that's the entire point of the character - showing that she's ahead of her time but also giving the modern-day audience an attitude analog). She certainly isn't bad by any means, but I do agree that she's a little out of place. I don't understand why she is here or what narrative or plot purpose she is serving
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Wire callback. "I just shot a nigga, come pick him up" and hangs up. The exact same story was told about Cutty...I think actually by Slim Charles.
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Throatwarbler posted:I don't understand why she is here or what narrative or plot purpose she is serving So that when we jump forward to 1978 and she's a crack-addicted hooker we all get really bummed out
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Fuuuuck this show was great from the beginning but these last two episodes have been truly phenomenal, god drat. omg Leon.
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Throatwarbler posted:I don't understand why she is here or what narrative or plot purpose she is serving Yeah I'm not sure where she fits into the puzzle either. I initially thought she would end up in the role that MG seems to be falling into.
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"Alright let me tell you guys something, I don't gently caress up nearly as much as people say I do." "Well, on that inspirational note, I'll pretend to be encouraged."
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Ralph Macchio makes such a great slimy cop. By the way, what was the deal with the new precinct CO (McDonagh?) on the car ride with Alston? I thought for sure that the tour was McDonagh taking Alston back behind the woodshed for talking to Sandra about the sex trade in Times Square, but then they had the rabbi/meat-eater conversation. Asbury fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Oct 23, 2017 |
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Why did Ashley balk at working in a brothel? It sounds a lot safer and nicer than working on the street.
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3Romeo posted:By the way, what was the deal with the new precinct CO (McDonagh?) on the car ride with Alston? I thought for sure that the tour was McDonagh taking Alston back behind the woodshed for talking to Sandra about the sex trade in Times Square, but then they had the rabbi/meat-eater conversation. More or less what he told Alston - he's part of the new guard that's looking to clean up the NYPD, and wants the real story on the precinct, how deep the corruption runs and who the dirtiest cops are. Wikipedia posted:The Knapp Commission Report on Police Corruption identified two particular classes of corrupt police officer, which it called "Grass Eaters" and "Meat Eaters". This classification refers to petty corruption under peer pressure ("eating grass") and aggressive premeditated major corruption ("eating meat"). Dmitri-9 posted:Why did Ashley balk at working in a brothel? It sounds a lot safer and nicer than working on the street. Remember her "Sounds like freedom" remark after Frankie explained his vagabond lifestyle? I don't think she was happy with the prospect of being stuck in one of those little stalls for 8 hours.
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Oh yeah. What did the guy try to do to the country girl that freaked her out? I couldn't understand a word of what anyone was saying in that scene.
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