Maggie Gyllenhaal is set to star opposite James Franco in David Simon’s HBO drama pilot The Deuce. Gyllenhaal also will produce the project, a narrative set in the Times Square demimonde of the 1970s and ’80s.
The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed in midtown Manhattan until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence. Gyllenhaal will play Eileen Merrell, street name “Candy,” a Times Square hooker and veteran with an entrepreneurial bent who is drawn into the fledgling industry.
The Deuce is written and executive produced by Simon and George Pelecanos, and directed by Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad), who also exec produces with Nina K. Noble and Richard Price. Marc Henry Johnson (A Huey P. Newton Story), who was instrumental in documenting the story, is a producer.
I love Maggie. She is very beautiful, and generally does very well in her characters. And I have a complete trust in Simon to deliver. So overall this is one to look for.
My guess is, what will happen is people looking for hot girls with exposed tits (ala Spartacus) will be disappointed because this will have depth, like they were with The Wire.
Very solid pilot, well directed and with a damn great attention to details, it really feels gritty and authentic when in comes to portraying the 70s version of NY. The characters and their storylines are interesting, I don't usually like Franco's smug acting but here he's surprisingly believable/serious in his role(s), the narrative does have that classic Simon feel to it which is always a good thing. Definitely looking forward to the rest of the season.
A great news, the first two episodes have been excellent and there's a lot of potential in terms of future storylines. Every character is interesting (with many familiar faces from The Wire ), the themes are presented in a very realistic way, it really feels like an adult production for adult people, free from modern silliness.
A great news, the first two episodes have been excellent and there's a lot of potential in terms of future storylines. Every character is interesting (with many familiar faces from The Wire ), the themes are presented in a very realistic way, it really feels like an adult production for adult people, free from modern silliness.
I agree. A very mature and well done show. Vinyl was renewed for season 2 as well before it was cancelled so hopefully we won't see it here. Franco is doing some good acting here.
can some1 explain the payroll setup between vinnie, the mob boss and the foreman (vinnie's brother in law ?)
Great show, with great potential. Almost as exciting as watching The Wire
I think that the workers are payed for their week the following monday, while they want their cash at the end, like on friday.
So the mob fronts the cash for the workers on friday, minus 5% (for the trouble I guess), and just cash their checks on the following monday. They also get payed the salary of 4 fake employees because fuck it, why not.
And I guess Vinnie and the BIL get a little taste too.
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can some1 explain the payroll setup between vinnie, the mob boss and the foreman (vinnie's brother in law ?)
Great show, with great potential. Almost as exciting as watching The Wire
I think that the workers are payed for their week the following monday, while they want their cash at the end, like on friday.
So the mob fronts the cash for the workers on friday, minus 5% (for the trouble I guess), and just cash their checks on the following monday. They also get payed the salary of 4 fake employees because fuck it, why not.
And I guess Vinnie and the BIL get a little taste too.
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They set up an arrangement where the mob will offer cash payments to Bobby’s workers every Friday as opposed to the checks they receive from management that they aren’t able to cash until Monday. This gives Vincent and Bobby some much-needed extra money and helps Frank (Franco), Vincent’s brother, get out of the hole with the mob.
Didn't really want to try it after Vinyl, but it sounds good, we'll see
Haha yeah, the existence of Vinyl doesn't quite help when it comes to attracting viewers, but the HBO + 70s really is the only connection that exists between the two shows. Vinyl was unfortunate not to have a talented writing team behind it, or better, there was talent but not a unified vision so to speak. Its superficial approach based solely on flashiness and Rock member berries made it start off with the right promising foot, only to end up deflating itself like a balloon so damn quickly (I still enjoyed it for what it was, but it could have been much much more).
This one on the other hand is a Simon's production with all that entails (basically a signature narrative/writing style, with more depth involved and complex characters), it's early to tell whether all the stories will be truly memorable but so far things are proceeding in the right way.
I just couldn't get past the first 30 minutes of Vinyl, it was so terrible. I know that's barely enough to judge a series on and I rarely stop with any show so quickly but so much was just wrong/unwatchable already that I never continued. Such a shame as the idea sounded good. The trailers of The Deuce do look good, really good 70s representation I think
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Definitely looking forward to the rest of the season.
