David Simon delivers another great one. I think the flashback scene about Katrina, especialy the brother getting arrested and ending up in jail, was up there as the best moment this season.
Treme was DEEP tonight, great ending..
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I guess she was just wrapped up in emotion.
It was really weird seeing the flashback from before the storm after watching the characters develop over the course of the season. I mean that in a good way.
It was really weird seeing the flashback from before the storm after watching the characters develop over the course of the season. I mean that in a good way.
And in all honesty he wasn't that affected by Katrina in comparison to most Coast residents.
I guess Im jaded by the fact that my grandparents, mom, two uncles, and an aunt all lost their homes in Katrina, from Chalmette to freaking Hancock County.
I just can't bring my self to empathize with his character. He has his home, family and job post Katrina. Three things that most people in that area didn't have after the storm. Despite this, he offs himself? There are plenty of people that thought about suicide after the storm, I had several good friends that did counseling for Katrina victims, and suicide was something that many people discussed, but these are people that lost loved ones, literally had no where to go, and didn't have a single thing to their name.
As someone who did volunteer work after the storm (not as much as I should have) the one thing that Simon didn't hit for me, was the level of desperation that some people had. Im not sure he wanted to, becasue it was too depressing for words, and definitely too depressing for television. I remember talking with a family of five, where they were simply living at the shelter and didn't know what to do next. Both parents didn't have family and their entire town was gone (Chalmette), and the Dad had to put on a happy face for the kids, but in private he said that he kept fighting feelings of just wanting to run and that he didn't have a clue what to do. Luckily he was able to get work fairly quickly and though the family stayed at the shelter, he went to work and made decent money in an effort to save up for an apartment. His story was a good one. The stories about dad's leaving and not coming back was one that I heard several times in the months after Katrina, and there should be a special place in hell for those so called dads. Sorry for the soap box, but I was thinking about this yesterday before Treme it being Father's day and all.
The conversation I had with that man was the most honest conversation I had with anyone post Katrina and it still sticks with me.
I guess Im jaded by the fact that my grandparents, mom, two uncles, and an aunt all lost their homes in Katrina, from Chalmette to freaking Hancock County.
I just can't bring my self to empathize with his character. He has his home, family and job post Katrina. Three things that most people in that area didn't have after the storm. Despite this, he offs himself? There are plenty of people that thought about suicide after the storm, I had several good friends that did counseling for Katrina victims, and suicide was something that many people discussed, but these are people that lost loved ones, literally had no where to go, and didn't have a single thing to their name.
As someone who did volunteer work after the storm (not as much as I should have) the one thing that Simon didn't hit for me, was the level of desperation that some people had. Im not sure he wanted to, becasue it was too depressing for words, and definitely too depressing for television. I remember talking with a family of five, where they were simply living at the shelter and didn't know what to do next. Both parents didn't have family and their entire town was gone (Chalmette), and the Dad had to put on a happy face for the kids, but in private he said that he kept fighting feelings of just wanting to run and that he didn't have a clue what to do. Luckily he was able to get work fairly quickly and though the family stayed at the shelter, he went to work and made decent money in an effort to save up for an apartment. His story was a good one. The stories about dad's leaving and not coming back was one that I heard several times in the months after Katrina, and there should be a special place in hell for those so called dads. Sorry for the soap box, but I was thinking about this yesterday before Treme it being Father's day and all.
The conversation I had with that man was the most honest conversation I had with anyone post Katrina and it still sticks with me.