K-Ville in the New York Times
The NYT had a good write up about K-Ville, Cop Show Comes Calling in Battered New Orleans. I don’t particularly like NYT because, for many articles, you have to log in. This headline caught my eye though.
K-Ville starts next monday. Sept 17. I will be watching. I watched the preview and liked it. I have two hopes for the show.
1) I hope it doesn’t get too cheesy. They could easily get maudlin or they could go the other way and just get stupid with the violence and stereo types. I’m hoping for more.
2) I hope, keeping #1 in mind, that the series is very successful. I don’t know if you remember Frank’s Place but I hope K-Ville is much more successful. I think having a series every week that keeps New Orleans in people’s minds could be very beneficial.
The article says that some people are bothered that in New Orleans, people don’t refer to the city as K-Ville. That’s true but I have read it quite a bit. I read it from people natives and non-natives. I think the title is a non-issue. I mean it’s a TV show for christ’s sake. It beats reality TV and Dr Phil.
Best Quote: Employment and other economic benefits are at the heart of that welcome. Ms. Day said that 80 percent of the crew on the show is local. “It takes eight days to film an episode,” she said. “Over that eight days a little more than a million dollars is pumped into the local economy.”
Wikipedia has a write up about K-Ville. Short but good. I’m sure info will be added to it over time.
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