Friday, May 30, 2003

Had a recurring dream last night that I went back to college. Truly strange. I've been having more distinctive and memorable dreams lately, don't know why. Picked up Homicide: Life On The Street seasons 1+2 on DVD yesterday - I forgot how amazing this show was, especially the first few seasons. There's very little or no background music, there's great editting, great pacing, great stories...damn, I love this show. And there's the always fun game of "Didn't I See Him/Her On Oz (created by Tom Fontana, co-creator and writer of most of the early Homicide episodes) or The Wire (co-created by David Simon, who wrote the book Homicide is based on)?" Watching one episode, I think the fourth, I've picked out Edie Falco (a.k.a. Carmela Soprano, though her first breakthrough was as Diane Whittlesey on Oz), Lee Tergesen (the central role of Beecher on Oz), Luis Guzman (more movie roles than I can count and El Cid on Oz), Paul Schulze (Falco's husband, who played another prison guard on Oz and the priest on The Sopranos), and Sean Whitesell (a writer on both Homicide and Oz, and he played Donald Groves on Oz as well). That's five of ten guest stars who showed up on Oz. Nifty.

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