Seitz: Treme’s Final Episodes Are Its Most Fully SatisfyingAmong the show’s many sweet ironies is that you don’t appreciate what you had, be it a TV show, a city, or a way of life, until you realize it’s fading away and there’s nothing you can do but say good-bye.
Nussbaum: David Simon As Irascible As EverJust because critics are throwing out words like “humor†and “uplifting†doesn’t mean the ‘Treme’ creator’s lost his edge.
ByLane Brown
in memoriam
Nussbaum’s Conversation with David MillsThe longtime David Simon collaborator recently died after an aneurysm while filming a scene at Cafe du Monde. What follows are excerpts from an interview conducted just two months before his death.
David Simon’s New Show Uplifting?“A show about people, artists for the most part, whose daily lives depend upon the free exercise of their wills to create — out of nothing, out of moments — something beautiful.â€
