Is Treme the best show on television? For most television watchers, the response to that question would be “What show is that?” Continue reading »
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TV Review: Treme (Season 2)
Treme’s second season is a meandering masterpiece, a deep exploration of musical culture and a scathing commentary on the social and political state of New Orleans. Fourteen months after Katrina, Treme returns to New Orleans in the same state it left it at the end of season one, teetering on the fence between hope and … Continue reading »
TV Review: Tremé
Tremé is a lot of things. It’s a character-driven drama, a scathing (if not sometimes heavy-handed) sociopolitical commentary, and (quite obviously) it’s a show about music. It does all these things quite well (as we’ve come to expect from David Simon over the years), but its devotion to New Orleans music and culture is what … Continue reading »
