I was seduced by Jay Leno's car collection. A lack of humanity, gratuitous sex without love or even foreplay, and paper mache characters - together they've killed my initial interest. The hotel owner's son, a playa who apparently can bang any woman he chooses with the tacit approval of Dad, falls for the mobster's moll because she's a bigger playa? Grandad tells Dad it's perfectly okay to take on a cancerous relationship with a gangster in order to be successful?
We weren't around when Cooke went looking for his business partner. Who did he choose? Let's see. The mobster who sneers in perpetuity. Just the kind of guy I'd get into bed with.
BTW speaking of cancerous relationships, how much is the American Tobacco Co. paying Starz to plug smoking? I swear, Cooke has made a big show of whipping out his Zippo and firing up a cig in every scene. It's become a major distraction. That may still work for hooking younger people but for those of us who lived through the sixties the stink on the actors' breath and clothes is palpable.
One thing I can see coming from this? Setting this series back to 1959 sets women back fifty years. Thanks for the free view, Starz. And sorry. Avoid.
We weren't around when Cooke went looking for his business partner. Who did he choose? Let's see. The mobster who sneers in perpetuity. Just the kind of guy I'd get into bed with.
BTW speaking of cancerous relationships, how much is the American Tobacco Co. paying Starz to plug smoking? I swear, Cooke has made a big show of whipping out his Zippo and firing up a cig in every scene. It's become a major distraction. That may still work for hooking younger people but for those of us who lived through the sixties the stink on the actors' breath and clothes is palpable.
One thing I can see coming from this? Setting this series back to 1959 sets women back fifty years. Thanks for the free view, Starz. And sorry. Avoid.