See other comment. The world does come first, I'm afraid.
Or to put it another way: focusing on the characters can't construct the world, but it should reveal the world. The trouble with Deadwood is that the world implied by the characters doesn't match the world the show actually gives us.
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Date: 2006-06-08 08:27 pm (UTC)Or to put it another way: focusing on the characters can't construct the world, but it should reveal the world. The trouble with Deadwood is that the world implied by the characters doesn't match the world the show actually gives us.