The Bravo channel has been running a Boomtown marathon, so I’ve caught a few episodes. I’d never seen this show before. It seems like a pretty good show. They do a lot of playing around with narrative structure. Telling the story out of order from the perspective of various characters, or running the opening few minutes in reverse.
I would have expected that I would find that very innovative and intriguing, but I’m just barely, passively watching these shows, and I find that it’s losing me pretty fast as a result. It comes across as gimmicky.
Still, it’s amazing that there is a network TV show with the freedom to experiment with that kind of thing. I may have to watch a few shows again when I can give them more attention.
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