HBO Does Fort Greene
Did anyone watch “Bored to Death” last night? The Local’s Andy Newman ran an interview with the show’s writer and main character, Jonathan Ames, last week about the process of representing/misrepresenting Brooklyn on international television. Newman and Ames, who live in Park Slope and Boerum Hill respectively, talk about how the show takes place in…
Did anyone watch “Bored to Death” last night? The Local‘s Andy Newman ran an interview with the show’s writer and main character, Jonathan Ames, last week about the process of representing/misrepresenting Brooklyn on international television. Newman and Ames, who live in Park Slope and Boerum Hill respectively, talk about how the show takes place in Fort Greene even though Ames never lived there (the central character lives on South Portland), how the trailer showed only white people despite Fort Greene’s diversity, and Ames’ predilection for the ladies who frequent Smooch Cafe. The interview was light-hearted and full of banter, but some of the topics covered are hot-button issues for Brooklynites. Did anyone see the first episode? How did HBO’s Fort Greene compare to the real thing?
Bored to Death [Official site]
A Sense of (Semi-fictionalized) Place [The Local, NYT]
Yeah the only White People live in Ft Greene / Park Slope thing is going to have to be adddressed pronto – its maddening. I understand how the character can have only White friends but when location shots show an all-White Brooklyn – that’s unnerving.
right now, there’s some of the best TV ever made showing.
much is better than films. this isn’t my point of view or anything, it’s discussed constantly by the media.
dismissing it is curious.
“they’re not going to be hyper rigid about authenticity”
Particularly accurate considering the trailer features no people of color in a show about that’s obstensibly about Fort Greene.
rookie–you have totally described my tv watching as well. Just about all of my non-sports viewing is on HBO. My question would be, why would anyone bother paying for cable and NOT adding HBO?
I still don’t have reception after digital switch. Will Hulu have Big Bang & 2.5 Men?
> I want to see The Wire.
First season of The Wire was great. The second season in somewhere on the Netflix queue.
Jonathan did live in Clinton Hill at one time – I was his landlord.
“Stroller mafia” is total Bravo Sierra.
“besides, everything eventually comes out on dvd box sets so if you wait a few months you can just buy it on dvd and not have to pay for cable.”
My brother said that. Or you can rent them from Netflix. I want to see The Wire.