jamdub-61934 One reviewer states the show is unrealistic. He said pimps did not hang out together. He obviously has never been around the pimp game. Another reviewer says disregard negative reviews; listen to this reviewer. I doubt Simon would create a show without doing his homework, and here he has done his work -even more so than the Wire. Here in the Yay Area, better known as the Bay Area, as I hung out in Oakland and areas of SF back in the mid 70s and early 80s, pimps did hang with each other. They did hang with the masses of people in the neighborhood. They would have blended in, if not for their cars and wardrobes. My grandfather was friends with a few pimps and hoes in the 1970s. The Deuce has a gritty element that will attract anyone who longs for real feel TGV and smart programming. I can remember my dad coming back to the states after Nam, with porno flicks in the mid-70s. I snuck and watched of course. What I found interesting was the mystery behind the culture. Where was this happening? There was a time when it poked its head out from the underground with adult theaters, but the government wasn't ready for the world adult movies. It wasn't ready, because of where Adult movies were originating. They were in the big cities of NY, SF and LA and associated with pimps, hoes, hustlers and drugs; and quiet as kept some good professional actors. This show tells us where it all started. As a young adult in college in the early 80s, I had the chance to hang out all night with one of those old porn stars. He took us on a ride to a place called the Mansion in SF. We were standing at the corner or Broadway and Columbus in front of Carol Doda's. He said to us, do you like what you see. (Three women in the limo). We said hell yes! He asked us to jump in and said it was his birthday today. In today's world, getting into that limo would be considered a non-starter. The Mansion was where they shot many SF porn vids in the 70s. That night he showed us his world. It was a drug fueled, sex fueled world, which had elements of street with dope and the way the clientele looked. Definitely pimps there from what I can remember. Odd thing was everyone was very nice to us, and had a morale approach to whether we should be at this party of not. Nothing happened that night, dammit! He put us in a room with movies playing, because some lady mentioned we looked too young. They gave us beers to drink while they were all doing drugs and screwing downstairs. We would peeked out every now and then to look. He starred in several big movies in his day; his biggest was Behind the Green Door.This world is real, it was the genesis of film booth loops and it is 100% fascinating, not just as TV programming but as a history lesson. Watch it!

stevesspam-36072 70's NYC is a great stage for drama. This is Classic David Simon. If you got bored with The Wire or Show Me A Hero, etc, you probably won't like this. Simon is all about bringing a story together via many characters and episodes. If you can't appreciate the development of the many characters over multiple episodes then watch Boogie Nights and Taxi Driver and move on. I've only watched 2 episodes, but this, like The wire, is contemporary Shakespeare in my book. I can't wait to be teleported back to 70's NYC again in the next episode!BTW, The Get Down should never have been canceled! It too was great 70's NYC!

tubezzz I made to the middle of episode 2. the "story" (for lack of a better word) goes nowhere. i don't really care about any of the characters. especially the Franco 'twins'. There's little drama, no suspense, not even comedy. i dunno, maybe it's interesting for people who lived on 42nd in the 70's. all the sex scenes had no point, but they did make me horny. then again, if i wanted to get off i'd just watch porn.

Eddie_weinbauer It's a good decent drama show,but the problem is, Franco is clearly making this his ticket into be in big league.There is way too many scenes of him working behind the bar,or doing other stuff .A lot of them don't really go anywhere,they're just not needed fillers. Sometimes they have a lingering pan shot of someone sitting in a car smoking.There is a lot of these artistic shots ,that don't really go anywhereI like the show and it's atmosphere.The whole 70s look of it, really set the mood & make you feel like it's real.Though I'm sure the real thing was much more gritty and dark. So it probably don't hold up real well,to what real life was back then.But it's still a good show. The girls who play hookers does a really good job.They got the dead- inside-going-through-the-motion-look,in their eye.Whenever they are with a customer or their pimp.Maggie Gyllenhall,is doing a fantastic job in this show(And I don't even like her as an actress) Some of the younger talent are mostly there for eye candy and extras.Which is sad,cause they could bring more to the story. Kim Director is a great versatile actress.Same goes for Emily Meade,they both do a great job,but get way to little screen time.Compared to some of the others who are uninteresting and disappear from the show. But It seem like the focus will be Maggie and Francos characters. You get some background on the two but, it's mostly uninteresting, in terms of driving the story forward. I guess in Maggie's case, it's just to make her more sympathetic to the viewers.The 3 main focuses of the series is:Franco's life and the stuff that revolves around him, and his bar with the mob contacts. Maggie and her life, going from street walker to being in porn movies. Than there are these two cops,that you really don't know where will fit in yet. The rest are mostly extras.And sideshow characters. But it's still great show