Treme (David Simon content)

[cosmonaut]

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[drabley]

Very stoked on this.

I had a cigarette and a brief conversation with John Goodman about a month ago. I saw him on Royal Street between Esplanade and Kerlerec having a drink and a smoke between shots. They were filming a parade scene and had a couple floats from Krewe de Vieux. He was funny -- I walked up and said "Hey -- you're John..." and he interrupted me and said "John Candy, yes, yes I am". Wise ass. We chit chatted about the project for a bit, shook hands, and went on our separate ways. Kind of cool for a chance occurrence.

I think that Treme is the perfect neighborhood in New Orleans for this. Working class (which is New Orleanian for poor) folks in a misunderstood part of town. Treme has always been a little rough around the edges. The famed red-light district in the late 1890s - 1920ish Storyville was once part of the Treme, as were the Lafitte housing projects until they were demolished a couple years ago. Some interesting characters, stories, and history can be found in the chunk of land between N. Rampart / Broad and Esplanade / St. Louis.

I'm very interested to see how this area works in conjunction with the Katrina effect and the Simon/Overmyer touch.

Also, digging the Drive Like Jehu icon.

[cosmonaut]

That's super rad about John Goodman.

So Treme is a neighborhood? I thought it was a reference to the musicians. Fuck, I have to make it down to NOLA one of these days. Maybe this show will be the impetus.

[drabley]

Yes, Treme is a neighborhood. One of the oldest in the city, in fact. For more information on NOLA neighborhoods, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_neighborhoods

I live in the Uptown / Broadmoor neighborhood.

And yes, you should totally come down. Everyone should at least once.

[kirbs84]

Looking forward to this.

[casey]

Oh hell yeah. I saw the name of this show on HBO on Demand, but there were no episodes and no info on the series. This should be awesome.

[drabley]

Bump.

HBO. Sunday. 9:00. Get on it, people.

[dynamitekid]

I want to watch this but I have no hbo. Ill have to wait until its online

[drabley]

So I just watched Sunday's episode.

Fucking killer. It reaffirmed everything I love about this place all at once. Watched with 4 friends -- the whole time we were like "I know that place / street" or "I've seen that guy play before" and so on. We actually had an argument about the shot showing the cemetery near the end. I swore it was the one Uptown off of Fern St by Riccobonos-- we finally decided it was St. Vincents behind Isidore Newman school off Jefferson St. And the church with the weird angles -- I thought it was the one on Broadway near frat-row -- it's really the one on Thoupitoulas near the ferry. Very engaging.

Lots of NOLA references that only NOLA folk would get, and even then it needs to be life-long NOLA folk. Some was way over my head, like the Mardi Gras Indian Chief stuff. I heard Overmyer speak of it (the nuances) -- he likened it to Shakespeare: you don't get every single nuance of every single act or scene, but you always seem to get the gist of it in the end.

I'm amazed at how well they depicted the post-Katrina debris on the streets. They literally must have trucked in garbage from a landfill and littered the streets. The timing for the filming was perfect since we had a terribly cold winter and most of the plants/trees were dead/dying. Otherwise, they would have had to plant dead trees and kill any other foliage to make the scenes realistic. The only thing I caught that wasn't accurate was the Superdome in the skyline shot near the beginning. The Dome was white -- wasn't white for a VERY long time. And they showed a scene of a ferry boat going across the river to Algiers -- that didn't happen for a VERY long time either. But all in all, the shit is real. Seeing all the mold during the opening credits stung. Cut me deep.

Highly recommended. Watch this shit.

[xlovecolouredx]

intersting a lot....

[mariawithoneeye]

I definitely am going to look for it ondemand. It looks interesting

[gumbercules]

very cool indeed. i recently went to NOLA for the first time a few weeks ago, as my girlfriend has been working there temporarily as a FEMA contractor for the past few months. this show is going to be spellbinding.

[scotterson]

This show makes me sad I don't have HBO. I have been to New Orleans tons of times, as my dad's company does most of their business there, and really love the area. I have been a few times since Kartina, but only once when there was still significant debris and and such. I am really interested to see this.

[drabley]

Now that I think of it, there was another inconsistency. While in a restaurant, John Goodman's character gets a Hubig's pie for desert. Unless the restaurant had a supply from pre-Katrina (which I can't imagine being good still) there wouldn't have been Hubig's pies to be had. They didn't re-open until January, 2006.

Given the time line of the episode, I don't think 2 months had passed in the storyline, though I could be wrong.

If anyone would like to try a Hubig's pie, I'd be more than happy to send you one if you PM me your address. Apple, Lemon, Chocolate, Sweet Potato, Pineapple, Coconut or Peach. Coconut and Peach aren't as easy to find, so give me a second choice if that's what you want. Nuke it for 25 seconds prior to eating. Yum.

[shanehennessey]

She pulled the pie out of her purse. Still doesn't explain why she had it though. I went out and bought 2 pies and some bluebell ice cream for desert last night haha.

Pretty sure I saw some coconut at the walgreens on claiborne and napoleon too. im only into apple though.

[jurrobear]

Watched the first episode last night, I enjoyed it a lot.

[kirbs84]

Just finished the first episode. Solid stuff. Can't wait for next week's.

[Guest darnyeller]

the show itself isn't too bad, but i find the music unbearable.

[drabley]

the show itself isn't too bad, but i find the music unbearable.

Blasphemy! Kill it with fire!!

[drabley]

Thoughts on the finale? The series in general?

The finale was the most emotional part of the series for me. So many highs and lows; the Davis "Day in New Orleans" thing made me think of the many reasons why I love this damn city so much. Conversely, the evacuation flashback scenes at the end were a bit too real for me and I found myself with vivid memories of being stuck on I-10 for 17 hours and pissing outside of my car door beside a dirty diaper in the center lane.

Fucking awesome show. Can't wait for next season.

[akross]

I ate too man Hubigs when I was down there, but I never saw a sweet potato one, damn, sounds yummy.