The Deuce TV Series - (David Simon/1970's Porn Drama)

gldnone913

Integrity and Consistency
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
6,339
Reputation
595
Daps
19,389
Reppin
VA
:whoa: she not fukking with the college dropout at all.

:usure: At all, breh???? You saying that bc you've seen the dropout fukking and riding dikk. Reporter is gorgeous, bro. shyt, D'Angelo Barksdale had the :ohhh: face when she asked for the number lmao. Like a blessing fell right in his lap lol
 

Chris Cool

Veteran
Supporter
Joined
Jun 22, 2014
Messages
30,828
Reputation
7,026
Daps
108,519
Reppin
So Cal
:usure: At all, breh???? You saying that bc you've seen the dropout fukking and riding dikk. Reporter is gorgeous, bro. shyt, D'Angelo Barksdale had the :ohhh: face when she asked for the number lmao. Like a blessing fell right in his lap lol
nothing to do with that. she looks better in those pictures but that afro don't do shyt for her. :yeshrug: she look plain jane on the show and wouldn't crack my top 5. Darlene cuter than her.
:manny:
 

obarth

R.I.P Char
Poster of the Year
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
16,683
Reputation
9,045
Daps
83,080
Reppin
Pawgs with dragons
I just binged the first four episodes last night. This is prototypical David Simon storytelling. It reminds me of Treme the most as far as pacing goes. Gyllenhall is killing it so far but that's to be expected. I care about all of the characters. Yet there is no main character. The closest you come to one is Vince but he's essentially the McNulty of this show. The guy that connects everyone together via the bar. I honestly don't know how to feel about the Vince character, though. Frankie's a gambling, immature, fukkup, I get that. But what is Vince's motivation? I feel like he's just the nice guy that likes everyone. He's a deadbeat dad, but we're not compelled to even care about that. We see his kids once: when they're asleep and he's abandoning them. Is he really trying to prove the random dude from Brooklyn can make a name for himself?

Or is he just living? His ability to so easily leave his family, and adapt to any situation that occurs and have a smile on his face within moments is now, as I'm writing this, reminding me of something Abby says to him in the first episode. She asks him if he's ever read The Stranger by Camus. I don't know if any of you guys are familiar with the existentialism or absurdism movements. But in all of his guinea, low brow Brooklyn mannerisms, I see a guy who could be labeled as an existentialist. I'm blowing my own mind right now, but I'm remembering the scene with Vince looking to buy a gun. If you have read The Stranger, you might know what I'm thinking right now. I think if anyone dies this season Vinny's the one doing the killing. I'm probably reading way too much into this, but Vince seems like the only person on this show who has no clear motivation for anything he does. Money doesn't seem to be a motivation. He tells his wife I work seven days a week, as if providing is a motivation, yet he leaves his family on a whim. Each time a new business prospect is brought up to him he does his best Larry David impersonation:ld:This guy doesn't really care about anything.
 
Joined
Jul 26, 2012
Messages
42,964
Reputation
2,512
Daps
104,840
Reppin
NULL
Money doesn't seem to be a motivation. He tells his wife I work seven days a week, as if providing is a motivation, yet he leaves his family on a whim

He didn't leave his family on a whim.... It was implied that he was a solid father until his wife started playing him real hard.... the disrespect at the pool hall where she chose another guy, and didn't diffuse the situation was the final straw...... His wife didn't work, but kept getting her mother to babysit the kids...... Vince left because his marriage was broken... I thought you watched the first 4 episodes...??
 

obarth

R.I.P Char
Poster of the Year
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
16,683
Reputation
9,045
Daps
83,080
Reppin
Pawgs with dragons
He didn't leave his family on a whim.... It was implied that he was a solid father until his wife started playing him real hard.... the disrespect at the pool hall where she chose another guy, and didn't diffuse the situation was the final straw...... His wife didn't work, but kept getting her mother to babysit the kids...... Vince left because his marriage was broken... I thought you watched the first 4 episodes...??
Yeah, his wife is a slut. I got that. His marriage was broken far before that. When your brother is telling you to your face your wife would be a porcupine if the pricks were the other way around, you are most likely already aware of the situation. The nikka took one last look at his kids and chucked the deuces, no pun intended. He doesn't give a shyt about his family, breh. His wife has tried to patch things up, admitted her mistakes (not like he was being faithful either, but whatever) and he still could care less. What about this character makes you feel like he cares about anything? What has he shown himself to be passionate about? We got hookers aspiring to get behind the camera and make movies, twin brother tryna secure the bag (however momentarily) through gambling, pipms tryna make a buck, cops tryna be somewhat good police despite being told to not police a certain area (I know it's not a Hamsterdam reference but I'm going to treat it like one), but what does Vince care about? Nothing.
 
Joined
Jul 26, 2012
Messages
42,964
Reputation
2,512
Daps
104,840
Reppin
NULL
but what does Vince care about? Nothing.

He definitely cares about his brother..... and definitely will care about the college dropout... a person that's apathetic towards any and everything like you're saying, wouldn't be portrayed as not just having a natural rapport with people, but a rapport with people from all walks of life...... at least imo....
 

Notorious 1 E.Y.E.

Superstar
Joined
Nov 12, 2012
Messages
25,849
Reputation
1,787
Daps
51,935
Reppin
the low end. southside chi
giphy.gif
R4zMq.gif


giphy.gif
 
Top