Friday, May 22, 2015

The Bandit General Meets Texas Rising

May 22, 2015
   Still working on faces of Division del Norte, the boys of the Pancho Corp:

Daily Whip Out: "Pancho's Compadres #33"

Daily Whip Out: "Pancho's Compadres #34"

   Made a note to myself something that Toulouse Lautrec said to the effect, when drawing, you must keep your pen moving, and if you stop, the drawing dies. I guess I would call this the "Degas Effect" or, draw like you Don't Give A Shit.

   Something I do care about is the portrayal of history and with all the controversy about Bill O'Reilly's new show "Legends & Lies" (Brushy Bill? Really?) I had to laugh out loud at Stephen Harrigan's review of the new History Channel series, Texas Rising, in Texas Monthly:




"How about some landscape respect, Hollywood? How would you like it if they had filmed Sunset Boulevard in Sabine Pass?"
—Stephen Harrigan

   




6 comments:

  1. FYI, don't make the mistake & buy the companion book to "Legends & Lies" as I did..Guess it could be useful as a good "doorstop"...Best thing I can say about that book..

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    1. What else would be expected from Bill O'reilly and FAUX News?

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    2. O'Reilly did not write the book, but just wrote an intro..If one wants history from a book, look elsewhere..

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  2. Anonymous11:25 PM

    That review is just depressing. I was looking forward to this series. Oh well, you don't always get what you want (as the Stones would say).

    Mary Fiore

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  3. Ha BBB I just watched the BTK episode & when I saw the Brushy Bill crap at the end I deleted all the DVR episodes. I had thought about the book, but this is "history" for the uninformed. Am recording the Texas Rising as I'm away for the holiday. Can it at least be entertaining?

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  4. Texas Rising debut ratings couple excerpts (link below):

    http://deadline.com/2015/05/texas-rising-premiere-ratings-history-1201433063/

    Texas Rising drew 4.1 million total viewers and 1.1 million adults 25-54 for its two-hour opener last night.

    It fell short of the previous History miniseries from the same producers that launched on Memorial Day three years ago — the ratings record-breaker Hatfields & McCoys, which drew 13.9 million viewers and 5.8 million adults 25-54 for its premiere.

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