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	<title>Comments on: The Real Mystery of HBO’s &#8216;True Detective&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Gerski62</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2014 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew&#039;s remarks about the obtuse plotting are right on.  Unlike him, I don&#039;t think that judgment need be suspended on Pizzolatto -- a guy with nothing important to say about... well, about what?  Human nature?  Louisiana society?  American society?  A case of style over substance if I ever saw one.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew&#8217;s remarks about the obtuse plotting are right on.  Unlike him, I don&#8217;t think that judgment need be suspended on Pizzolatto &#8212; a guy with nothing important to say about&#8230; well, about what?  Human nature?  Louisiana society?  American society?  A case of style over substance if I ever saw one.</p>
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		<title>By: Wemedge1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wemedge1]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2014 07:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of your post you said that TD was all about the writer, which is spot on IMHO. Pizzolatto, (whose name reminds me of a rather unorthodox menu choice in an Italian restaurant), looks to be a pretty able literary writer. Not to add to a fine post by a seasoned crime guy, but it&#039;s like he&#039;s marrying his literary talents with the grit of a crime story- sort of like that funny-sounding food/drink combo surname. Pizzolatto, I suspect, is one of these geniuses who happened to be born and raised in a solidly working class family and neighborhood.

This all makes, for this viewer anyway, unusually interesting entertainment. Then there&#039;s that whole Yellow King subtext which has some bloggers going nuts looking for the use of the color yellow and using the &#039;weird fiction&#039; classic The King in Yellow to exegete True Detective. (Google: The One Literary Reference You Must Know to Appreciate ​True Detective ).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the end of your post you said that TD was all about the writer, which is spot on IMHO. Pizzolatto, (whose name reminds me of a rather unorthodox menu choice in an Italian restaurant), looks to be a pretty able literary writer. Not to add to a fine post by a seasoned crime guy, but it&#8217;s like he&#8217;s marrying his literary talents with the grit of a crime story- sort of like that funny-sounding food/drink combo surname. Pizzolatto, I suspect, is one of these geniuses who happened to be born and raised in a solidly working class family and neighborhood.</p>
<p>This all makes, for this viewer anyway, unusually interesting entertainment. Then there&#8217;s that whole Yellow King subtext which has some bloggers going nuts looking for the use of the color yellow and using the &#8216;weird fiction&#8217; classic The King in Yellow to exegete True Detective. (Google: The One Literary Reference You Must Know to Appreciate ​True Detective ).</p>
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		<title>By: rebaaron</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This show has nothing, but then again there is something about it that keeps me coming back. I usually watch an episode in four or five sittings. Klavan is right. The ending will decide the issue. And kudos to Klavan for the theme of the article. Is the show good or bad. So far, I dunno.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This show has nothing, but then again there is something about it that keeps me coming back. I usually watch an episode in four or five sittings. Klavan is right. The ending will decide the issue. And kudos to Klavan for the theme of the article. Is the show good or bad. So far, I dunno.</p>
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		<title>By: Berceuse</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Berceuse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Answer: Not particularly.  Without a redeemable protagonist, there&#039;s no hope of a good story.  For truly entertaining and thought-provoking television film noir, give me the &quot;Jesse Stone&quot; series any day.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Answer: Not particularly.  Without a redeemable protagonist, there&#8217;s no hope of a good story.  For truly entertaining and thought-provoking television film noir, give me the &#8220;Jesse Stone&#8221; series any day.</p>
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		<title>By: Shannon Nutt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shannon Nutt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew, you really shouldn&#039;t be reviewing TV - this is one of the all-time great television series, and the best thing on HBO since THE SOPRANOS.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew, you really shouldn&#8217;t be reviewing TV &#8211; this is one of the all-time great television series, and the best thing on HBO since THE SOPRANOS.</p>
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		<title>By: Crassus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crassus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to love Cheers until Woody Harrelson ruined it for me.  With the exception of No Country for Old Men, I haven&#039;t watched anything he was in since.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to love Cheers until Woody Harrelson ruined it for me.  With the exception of No Country for Old Men, I haven&#8217;t watched anything he was in since.</p>
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		<title>By: Sally</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mostly agree with the author but I would add a con: snoozefest.  I fall asleep every time I try to watch an episode.  Its style and feel is what compels me to try to stay awake and watch.  And I wish Matthew McConaughey didn&#039;t low-mumble so much.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I mostly agree with the author but I would add a con: snoozefest.  I fall asleep every time I try to watch an episode.  Its style and feel is what compels me to try to stay awake and watch.  And I wish Matthew McConaughey didn&#8217;t low-mumble so much.</p>
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		<title>By: Whitesheperd</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Give me a break, the show is downright spectacular]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Give me a break, the show is downright spectacular</p>
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		<title>By: MarilynA</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MarilynA]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew McConaughey used to be a delight to watch. But the last few movies he has made leaves me wanting to throw up instead of feeling good about anything. The one in which he simulates forcing a woman to do deviant sex ( using a chicken leg) was the last straw. I no longer automatically tune in to anything he is in, thinking it&#039;s going to be worth watching. If I want to watch porn, I will tune in one of the porn channels. Goodness knows there are plenty of them. Looks like history keeps repeating itself. He won&#039;t be the first good actor who threw it away. His character in this new Detective series sucks, just like his roles in his recent movies.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matthew McConaughey used to be a delight to watch. But the last few movies he has made leaves me wanting to throw up instead of feeling good about anything. The one in which he simulates forcing a woman to do deviant sex ( using a chicken leg) was the last straw. I no longer automatically tune in to anything he is in, thinking it&#8217;s going to be worth watching. If I want to watch porn, I will tune in one of the porn channels. Goodness knows there are plenty of them. Looks like history keeps repeating itself. He won&#8217;t be the first good actor who threw it away. His character in this new Detective series sucks, just like his roles in his recent movies.</p>
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		<title>By: CaoMoo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CaoMoo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer is there was a challenge to God&#039;s sovereignty &quot;Men can be like God and judge for themselves what is good and bad and rule themselves&quot;. Rather than wiping the slate clean and ruling through fear, God said fine I&#039;ll give you time to prove it. He will according to revelations set things right according to his original purpose which has not changed and reestablish the Earth as it was meant to be. (Rev 21: 3,4 a good summation) It is the entire theme of the bible that gets obscured through much of the doctrine, dogma and adopted pagan teachings of many of Christendoms branches.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The answer is there was a challenge to God&#8217;s sovereignty &#8220;Men can be like God and judge for themselves what is good and bad and rule themselves&#8221;. Rather than wiping the slate clean and ruling through fear, God said fine I&#8217;ll give you time to prove it. He will according to revelations set things right according to his original purpose which has not changed and reestablish the Earth as it was meant to be. (Rev 21: 3,4 a good summation) It is the entire theme of the bible that gets obscured through much of the doctrine, dogma and adopted pagan teachings of many of Christendoms branches.</p>
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		<title>By: Godagesil Rex</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Godagesil Rex]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the show. The writer in my opinion is trying to tackle the question through McConaughey’s character of how can there be a God when he allows such horrors to occur in the world.  The ridiculus contradiction of &quot;free will&quot;  is often offered up as an answer the question.  Thankfully the writer sees throught that and is not buying it.  Neither is McConaughey’s character and is riddled with angst, from that as well as the obvious moral bankruptcy of nearly all those around him, his partner, his partner&#039;s wife, his police captain and the ministers.  It is corrosive and he probably the only person in the show with any integrity is being destroyed by it and chooses to divorce himself from it, while still pursuing what he sees as justice.  Religion is just &quot;Lagniappe&quot; thrown into the stew of a plot to season it.  All the characters swim in a gumbo of immorality and corruption.  It reminds me of the movie, Angel Heart and evokes the seamy underside of Louisiana.  The music reminds me of the openning theme of True Blood.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love the show. The writer in my opinion is trying to tackle the question through McConaughey’s character of how can there be a God when he allows such horrors to occur in the world.  The ridiculus contradiction of &#8220;free will&#8221;  is often offered up as an answer the question.  Thankfully the writer sees throught that and is not buying it.  Neither is McConaughey’s character and is riddled with angst, from that as well as the obvious moral bankruptcy of nearly all those around him, his partner, his partner&#8217;s wife, his police captain and the ministers.  It is corrosive and he probably the only person in the show with any integrity is being destroyed by it and chooses to divorce himself from it, while still pursuing what he sees as justice.  Religion is just &#8220;Lagniappe&#8221; thrown into the stew of a plot to season it.  All the characters swim in a gumbo of immorality and corruption.  It reminds me of the movie, Angel Heart and evokes the seamy underside of Louisiana.  The music reminds me of the openning theme of True Blood.</p>
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		<title>By: tagalog</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tagalog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do they call what is described as a fictional story &quot;TRUE Detective?&quot;  After the old magazine?  But the old True Detective magazine published true stories, albeit playing up the sensationalism as much a possible.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do they call what is described as a fictional story &#8220;TRUE Detective?&#8221;  After the old magazine?  But the old True Detective magazine published true stories, albeit playing up the sensationalism as much a possible.</p>
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		<title>By: pneville</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess, since you didn&#039;t mention it, that you didn&#039;t watch the copious skin displayed by Woody&#039;s first and second girlfriends. You just subscribe for the articles. The philosophy of Matthew&#039;s character is so bizarre and unfathomable it is a real distraction-not to mention grossly anti Christian. I will keep watching for the skin.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess, since you didn&#8217;t mention it, that you didn&#8217;t watch the copious skin displayed by Woody&#8217;s first and second girlfriends. You just subscribe for the articles. The philosophy of Matthew&#8217;s character is so bizarre and unfathomable it is a real distraction-not to mention grossly anti Christian. I will keep watching for the skin.</p>
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