Deadwood Stories of the Black Hills

by Milch, David

• ISBN13: 9781596912397
• ISBN10: 1596912391
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

"Through in-depth discussions of the themes and motivations that course through the lawless camp. Milch sheds light on the characters and events in Deadwood. Fresh interviews with the Deadwood cast, scores of never-before-seen photographs, and historical images and illustrations bring the show and the place to life."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

David Milch is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director. He spent five seasons with Hill Street Blues as executive story editor and executive producer. In 1992, Milch co-created the history-making police drama NYPD Blue, which earned high ratings and multiple Emmy® Awards, including Best Drama Series and Best Writing in a Drama. He is the creator of Deadwood®, which received 11 Emmy nominations in its first season (winning two), and earned McShane a Golden Globe for Best Actor. He lives in California.

Table of Contents

Dramatis Personae	6	(4)
``It's All Either Fear or Faith'': The Making of Deadwood	10	(4)
The Language of Men	14	(24)
Lies, Profanity, and Greed, and How Words Can Lead Us to the Apprehension of Our Common Existence
The Color	38	(26)
Gold Makes a Man a Man, and Lifts Us Up Above the Baboons
Intoxicants	64	(16)
Drinking, Gambling, Dope, and the Rule of the Fetish in Deadwood
Whores	80	(16)
The Blow Job Monologues, the Tittylicker, and the Job of the Pimp
. . . Love and Marriage	96	(22)
Love as a Foreign Condition, Doomed Relationships, and Men of Few Words
The Badge and the Gun	118	(16)
Law and Order Are Not the Same Thing, and Tend to Have Little to Do with One Another
The Mystery of the Peaches	134	(16)
The Politicians Will Always Screw You, but There Are Circumstances in which We Would Rather Have Them Around
Ordinary and Extraordinary Violence	150	(28)
``Tell Your God to Ready for Blood''
In His Last Extremity	178	(26)
The Good Doctor's Approach to Dying, the Reverend Smith, and the Death of Wild Bill Hickok
. . . And Mr. Wu	204	(12)
To the Celestial is Given the Last Word
Afterword	216	(2)
Episode Guide	218	(14)
Acknowledgments & Credits	232