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Who would discover it in any approach a wise or useful idea to take Fargo, an Oscar winner for finest screenplay, and maybe the most beloved film of one of the vital idiosyncratic filmmaking groups of all time in Joel and Ethan Coen, and try to turn it right into a Tv show? Coogan and collaborators like Armando Iannucci (future creator of Veep) didn't draw back from how difficult it was to be in the company of their title character, although they periodically gave glimpses of the nice entertainer Alan believed himself to be, like his try and act out the complete opening sequence of The Spy Who Loved Me. A rollicking experience from start to complete, by which point we all felt like we had dug coal along with Raylan and Boyd. Olyphant’s wisecracking yet vulnerable performance commanded the display, whilst Yost and the other writers threw an military of colorful bad guys at him - Walton Goggins’ quick-talking explosives skilled Boyd Crowder above all others. Quickly, though, the Jenji Kohan-created series opened the eyes of each Piper and the viewers to the fact that her fellow inmates - mentally in poor health Suzanne (Uzo Aduba), trans hairdresser Sophia (Laverne Cox), wisecracking addict Nikki (Natasha Lyonne), maternal Gloria (Selenis Levya), justice-in search of Taystee (Danielle Brooks), and many more - were sophisticated human beings with interesting tales of their own. |
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