I wish more of my friends were watching Hannibal so we could discuss how it is at once a trite soap-opera while at the same time aspiring to Wagnerian heights in its characters relentless pursuit of pure will beyond good and definitely beyond evil. Youll know Im not kidding when you reach the episode that subtly plays the prelude to Tristan und Isolde during a certain much anticipated tête-à-tête between hero and nemesis, and by this point in the narrative youre not sure who the hero is supposed to be anymore anyway. And also Scott Thompson from Kids In The Hall is in it. He plays a campy CSI-type nerd who works in forensics. When they discover (and graphically shoot) the grisly death scenes in the obligatory weekly-carnivalesque sceneofthecrime scene they make crude bodily puns and literally laugh at death as they discuss, in purple-mockscientific-expository-prose, the cause of death. And Hugh Dancy plays a less than stable FBI consultant with an empathy disorder. The more I write about this the more I cant decide if I hate the show or love it. Just like the relationship between the two main characters! Perhaps it is actually 21st century TV genius...
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:38:44 +0000