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hearthesilence
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#1 Post by hearthesilence » Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:19 pm

Had no idea until I saw this, but Gus Van Sant is actually an executive producer on Starz's new show, Boss (starring Kelsey Grammer and filmed in Chicago where the show takes place). Van Sant also directed the first episode.

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Re: TV of 2011

#2 Post by Highway 61 » Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:59 pm

Odd. What's Van Sant doing working with the ultra-conservative Grammer?

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Re: TV of 2011

#3 Post by knives » Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:00 pm

Food tastes really good when it's not from the soup kitchen.

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#4 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:02 pm

Maybe they put appreciation of talent over political/ideological beliefs. "Ultra-conservative" should be saved for the Ted Nugent's of the world.

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Re: TV of 2011

#5 Post by hearthesilence » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:57 am

From the article:
Though it shares a title, "Boss" has no relation to the Mike Royko biography of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, a Democrat. Creator Farhad Safinia -- who co-wrote the movie "Apocalypto" with Mel Gibson -- doesn't specify which party Kane belongs to.

Van Sant himself has been associated with progressive causes, while Grammer, his co-executive producer, is a Republican.

"The show isn't about political platforms and ideas," Van Sant said, so much as people "grabbing as much power as they can. You can look at the machine without having to take sides."
And this too.
knives wrote:Food tastes really good when it's not from the soup kitchen.
Or to put it another way, there's the last paragraph from here.

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Re: TV of 2012

#6 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:26 pm

Jesus Christ, the only person on Boss who hasn't been nude and/or fucking this season on camera is Kelsey Grammer.

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Re: TV of 2012

#7 Post by Matt » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:33 pm

Is... that... something you'd like to see happen?

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#8 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:40 pm

Fortunately the vomit avoided my keyboard, so I can answer that in the negative. But seriously, the focus towards sex on this show has taken it off the rails quite a bit. It's still mildly compelling, but if it continues down this path it'll get old quickly.

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Re: Boss

#9 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:40 pm

The end of the 2nd season was so disappointing. I won't spoil it any further, but don't bother with this one. I haven't really seen any of the other shows on Starz but I'm guessing they don't reach the gripping level some other networks programming has. It's good that Kelsey has been recognized for what is an otherwise good performance, inverting the comic outbursts of Frasier Crane into something more dark and frankly evil at times. It's just too bad it's been wasted on a show that doesn't rise up to that otherwise.
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Re: Boss

#10 Post by Perkins Cobb » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:47 pm

Can anyone who watched the first season of Boss on DVD (not Blu-ray) clarify something pedantic for me? Netflix's site claims there are four episodes each on two discs, but in fact Disc 1 has only the first three episodes. Are there five episodes on Disc 2, or is Netflix missing a disc?

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