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« on: Sep 3rd, 2003, 8:13pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Step right up to Carnivale — but only if you have an appetite for one of the weirdest, spookiest and most hypnotizing mind benders since Twin Peaks.
 
Delivering much more than a carnival barker's tease, this grim supernatural allegory is HBO's latest appointment-TV drama on Sunday night (it premieres September 14).
 
A dark fable set in the Depression-era Dust Bowl, the 12-episode series feels as if John Steinbeck and Stephen King had collaborated on a hybrid of The Grapes of Wrath and The Stand.
 
The story contrasts two men blessed — or cursed — with spiritual gifts. Ben (Nick Stahl) is a chain-gang fugitive with the ability to heal who's adopted by a traveling carnival of misfits. His apparent nemesis, Brother Justin (Clancy Brown), is a tormented evangelist with deadly powers of persuasion who ministers to desperate migrant workers.
 
Ben and Justin can see each other in their nightmares, and it's clear they are fated to meet. But no rush. Getting there is the fun.
 
Exquisitely and moodily photographed, Carnivale is most compelling when it follows Ben and his bizarre new family of sideshow eccentrics, led by diminutive Samson (Michael J. Anderson, Peaks' backward-speaking dwarf).
 
As the carnies drift through a land of poverty, offering exotic and decadent distraction, Ben seeks answers about his mystical purpose and cloudy past.
 
Whether we'll ever figure it all out is beside the point. In Carnivale, the dark is a magical place to be.
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« Reply #1 on: Sep 3rd, 2003, 8:58pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Awha, so you remember Twin Peaks also.  If this is a bizarre weird one, Mr L will love it.  I'll watch between my fingers!
Bring it on, we're up for anything since we're both dreading winter again!
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« Reply #2 on: Sep 3rd, 2003, 9:27pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I loved Twin Peaks as well and the commercials have really made me (nostalgically) think of it.  I also enjoyed The Stand, which they keep comparing it  to as well. This ought to be really fun to watch!
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