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American Rust - Showtime Murder/Mystery Series Starts Tonight at 10:00 PM ET

Jeff Daniels and Maury Tierney. I'll be watching.

by Anonymousreply 1September 13, 2021 8:56 AM

I was so fucking bored. And I love Daniels and Tierney and the idea of a Rust Belt drama. But the writers did nothing new. The meat of story was just dull.

- An ex jock struggling to find his worth in young adult hood. Does he stay in small town hell or find a way out? Check.

- Racist townsfolk. Check.

- A cop who's seen better days and has a drug problem (though not the bad kind). Check.

- A woman too smart for the desperate situation she finds herself in. Check.

- A murder "twist" at the end. Check. And so very meh.

Mare of Easttown was light years better one episode in because it didn't make it ONLY about the downtrodden, depressing aspect of the region. Quite the opposite, the characters there were full of life and ideas and even hope, as the world around them was crumbling.

American Rust, so far, just went for a softball cartoonish version of western PA. Too bad.

by Anonymousreply 1September 13, 2021 8:56 AM
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