Ricky’s Quickies: TV Review
Six Feet Under
I’ve been watching the series on DVD and just finished up the series finale this morning. Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever cried as much in a five minute period as I did during that closing montage.
I highly recommend the show. It’s the first thing I’ve ever seen confront death so head-on and thoroughly. I believe Alan Ball, the creator, said the show was about living life while constantly in the face of death, which the characters eventually did.
Nick Denton once told me he thinks that when future cultural historians look back at our time, they won’t look at the art, music, or film being created, they’ll look at our television (in particular, HBO). I tend to agree with him, especially after digesting this series.
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