“‘John From Cincinatti’ is bad.”

Posted by Maximum Fun on 3rd June 2007

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My favorite TV critic, Tim Goodman of the SF Chronicle, has decided to let the cat out of the bag: Deadwood creator David Milch’s new series “John From Cincinatti” is bad.

“John From Cincinnati” is bad. I love David Milch and he’s definitely a misunderstood visionary and a real character in the TV business. But this show is a total mess.

My full review doesn’t run until June 10 – it’s the cover of the Sunday Pink section. But I figured you might want to get a head start on the anger and mourning and those thoughts of retribution. You know, have your gods ready for blood and all that. No sane person can pretend to know what Milch was thinking. It’s his right as an artist and, as I’ve noted, a misunderstood visionary, to do as he wishes. But HBO? A total blunder. You don’t let one of the great series on all of television fizzle out for…uh, for what? And even if those two two-hour movies do get made, they can’t make up for the truncated legacy of “Deadwood.”

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