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why were they so formal?

posted 9 years ago by otter68
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never called the O'Dwyers by their first name

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[–] otter68 9 years ago

Hateful Eight has modern, profanity filled dialogue for Kurt!

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[–] KurganNJ 9 years ago

The writing on Deadwood was absolute poetry, with healthy doses of profanity. True to the period or not, David Milch is a genius.

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[–] sarudani00 9 years ago

The way it was explained on the "making of" extra on the Deadwood DVD, was that period correct swearing comes across sounding like Yosemite Sam to modern audiences.

[–] Calimarina 9 years ago

That's incorrect. If you read any letters from during the time period you would know that people cursed a lot. More so than people do today.

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[–] Calimarina 9 years ago

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348914/?ref_=nv_sr_1

1. Watch show.
2. Laugh and tell self, "This is BS".
3. Deny fact that people cursed to high heaven.
4. Look online to verify claim that show is historically accurate.
5. Continue to deny fact.
6. Post reply stating so.

[–] equalizer5150 9 years ago

Chicory, the old deputy was former military. The sheriff was proper. I think some were proper in the way that some people act differently when in proper settings or the way people do not use profanity if in a crowd that isn't.

Regardless, it was a nice touch. It really had a huge effect on the movie.

~ "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

[–] janos-schumacher 8 years ago

I was raised in the same house as my grandmother who spoke with a patricians accent. We lived in ND but she was from IL. As such, I speak in the same manner. My daughters speak the same way. It's just a way of speaking. No more, no less.

[–] [email protected] (2030) 6 years ago

I had a classmate in school and he sat to my left. I always called him by his last name, never hist first.