“It’s all downhill from here …”
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http://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/Klondike-review-Script-visuals-strike-
gold-5143169.php#photo-5720662
DAVID WIEGAND
Updated 12:50 pm, Wednesday, January 15, 2014
“Haul out all the plays on the word “gold” because
that’s what the Discovery Channel has struck with its
very first scripted content, the stunning six-part
miniseries “Klondike” airing over three nights beginning
on Monday …”
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Gold and Survival, Yes,
but Scripts and Stars, Too
‘Klondike’ Brings Law and Drama
to the Frozen North
“What wuz you saying about downhill … ?”
By NEIL GENZLINGERJAN. 19, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/arts/television/klondike-brings-law-and-drama-to-the-frozen-north.html?_r=1
” … The series, which begins on Monday night, is full of the same brutal weather and dubious quests as Discovery’s reality shows, but professional actors — Richard Madden, Sam Shepard, Tim Blake Nelson, Abbie Cornish and Tim Roth among them — make it a much more compelling attraction than any of that other fare …”
Looks much too much like home. We are having a blizzard. Everything cancelled and the snow is piling up. Again. Oh, and the temperate is hovering near zero. Brr.
I saw that. Hope you are all OK.
Strange thing is that after a brutal 2 months we had over a week of above zero temperatures. But it won’t last.