bevyz

A refreshingly authentic period drama. No pointless music drivelling in the background but instead real sounds giving ambience and depth. The friendship is formed in difficult circumstances and is well acted. Perfect for a relaxing Sunday afternoon. There is a social comment on class and sexuality but it is nuanced. A refreshingly authentic period drama. No pointless music drivelling in the background but instead real sounds giving ambience and depth. The friendship is formed in difficult circumstances and is well acted. Perfect for a relaxing Sunday afternoon. There is a social comment on class and sexuality but it is nuanced.

A good pace, good plots, sometimes funny, a mildly interesting comment on mid C19 surgery, believable sets, great costumes, good cast and acting that does well with a very mediocre script, dreadful music, but mostly bad because there is scene after scene of people doing ridiculous things that they just wouldn't have done. So does that matter if it's silly slapstick with the odd funny skit? Or should a high budget costume drama with social comment be more assiduous? There is a warning about 'use of tobacco' at the start of each episode and that somehow highlights the nonsense. The warning should include 'gratuitous violence' and if one was flippant , 'lots of annoying bits'.

With an underlying argument that Europeans stole their land this is a very violent protrayal of how native Americans suffered. The acting, screenplay and photography are superb but the ambience is often spoiled by the loud non stop music score most of which seems to be borrowed form latter day tongue in cheek westerns. The plot is complex but unravels intruigingly in the final episode. Eli Wip, the leading man, is a Native American Indian who has spent some time working as a cavlary scout/soldier. His unusual history is the fulcrum for the entire plot. His accent however is very 21st century American with rhetoric to match but get over that and his performance is otherwise excellent.