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[Victor Steinbok]

Nothing that bad. The production value is much higher. Xena is not
merely postmodernist, but it's fantasy fiction. This one is more of the
social realism variety. Of course, if they try yo put a flashing blue
light on a horse, I'll change my mind on that. The errors here are a bit
more subtle, so finding them is more fun.

     VS-)

On 8/28/2012 10:34 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>   The show is full of anachronistic references, although some
> parts are quite realistically done. ... It's kind of a cross between Law
> and Order and Sherlock Holmes and a Spaghetti Western, set in NYC during
> the Civil War.
>
> In other words, it's (*yawn*) yet another postmodernist fiction where
> nothing counts but what your senses detect right now.  Set brain at zero
> and cf. "Xena: Warrior Princess."
>
> JL

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