….. Then Katrina turned the benighted into the ineffably tragic……
In a dystopian landscape, where even the most threadbare of coherent narratives come at a premium, David Mills and Eric Overmeyer have bravely set their TV drama Treme, now in its second season on HBO. ……….
This year both the characters and the show have gained considerable traction, the former finding reward and solace where the denizens of New Orleans always have: in food, music and each other.
The ever-present threat of being shot, raped, or assaulted informs a peculiar, well-established resignation. It’s the mindset that slips one through the portal into the real Big Easy…..
This is the inspired type of programming we were promised would emerge from cable television that never quite materialized.