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- HBO
- Apr 24, 2011
- HBO
- Apr 24, 2011
Summary Premiere Date: April 11th, 2010. This musician-themed HBO TV series is set in a New Orleans neighborhood. From the creator who brought you The Wire (David Simon), "Treme" follows the lives of struggling artists and musicians in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. "Treme" refers to one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans where the Afr...
Created By: David Simon
- HBO
- Apr 24, 2011
- HBO
- Apr 24, 2011
Summary Premiere Date: April 11th, 2010. This musician-themed HBO TV series is set in a New Orleans neighborhood. From the creator who brought you The Wire (David Simon), "Treme" follows the lives of struggling artists and musicians in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. "Treme" refers to one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans where the Afr...
Created By: David Simon
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
84
88% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
12% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Will Antoine achieve his musical dream? How long can Ladonna hold onto her business when her husband and sons (and now mother) live long distance in Baton Rouge? Theirs are among the myriad stories swirling in the funky gumbo of this one-of-a-kind drama.
Ambitious? As always. And if the first few episodes are any indication, tighter, even more evocative and as lush and lovingly constructed as possible when conveying the plight of the forgotten.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 54 User Ratings
7.4
74% Positive
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15% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 54 User Ratings
7.4
74% Positive
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
15% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
11% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
I love the story lines and characters, but what really sets Treme apart for me is the music and musicians and how they are integrated into the stories. Another huge plus for me is that the actors playing musicians actually appear to be playing (and, I understand they are in some cases). It always detracts for me to see obvious syncing whether vocal or playing. NOLA is also one of my favorite cities to visit and seeing the city struggling back from Katrina is very real. I have been back since Katrina and while the French Quarter is intact, a lot of the culture and feel has disappeared -- you only need travel a few blocks from the French Quarter to find dead areas from Katrina.
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SEASON 2
When I first started watching Treme I was able to relate to the story, but now it's as if it's not going anywhere. Yes there is the Jazz Music and some of that old Dixieland music. Treme really doesn't do any justice for New Orleans. I don't know how far they are into the aftermath of Katrina, but it is so much more around the city that has **** of the newest episodes that I have watched show a club like the 1950's.there is so much more to this city that people don't even **** is more cultural than most of the cities that I have visited. Treme doesn't even show the hospitality that is in New Orleans. It doesn't even show no matter how hard our struggles were after Katrina many of us wore the smiles on our face got on with our lives and was very grateful to be alive and back home to find our friends and family who could relate to our experiences of being away from home. I also looked at their mock version of the Jazz Festival believe me the crowd is more cultural than what they portrayed. Treme please move on from just showing the music and the Indians. There is so much more to New Orleans and the aftermath of Katrina
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SEASON 2
It remains, stubbornly and triumphantly, what it was: an unhurried exploration of the aftermath of a city's catastrophe, told through the experiences of those who didn't have the luxury of shutting off CNN when they'd had enough. And all set to some extraordinary music.
It takes awhile to adjust to the dissonance, but the muted naturalism of the superb cast draws us in. [9 May 2011, p.40]
Those who love it aren't likely to get that itch scratched anywhere else. Like jazz, though, that's a relatively narrow audience, one that Simon--perhaps even more so than in "The Wire" and "Generation Kill"--has chosen, for better and worse, to uncompromisingly serve.
Some aspects of this show work better than others, but, in its generally excellent second season, the drama has cohered into a compelling, if sprawling, portrait of the Crescent City.
There are scenes in the first five episodes of the new season that are as compelling as anything television has to offer. But the viewer has to wade through material that fails more often than not to deliver on its promise.
This show has a great writing staff, a great cast, and beautiful filming. It seems like an attempt to create a new "The Wire", from the creators of that show. It's the same, patient build up of the characters and networks between them. They got the guts not to rush it, which I like in a quality TV drama. But where "The Wire" had excellent portraits of the harsh realities of life in Baltimore through the stories and characters, this one is just one, long glorification of New Orleans. We get it, the city has a unique, vibrant flair, and the music is the heartbeat of the city. But really, you don
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SEASON 2
What I -- and most other folks -- loved about David Simon's "The Wire" was the writing, the stories. Everything flowed from that. "Treme" is "The Wire" without the writing. Where is the tension? When is the show going to break out of this slow (but beautifully filmed, beautifully acted, beautifully scored) journey? Unless there is going to be a shift in its direction I can't imagine there will be another season. Case in point: John Goodman's Creighton Bernette drifted through season one without developing into a character we wanted to care about, and it wasn't John Goodman's fault. Yes, we got the whole "I'm pissed what's happened to my city" schtick, but that was the extent of his character? Really? Bernette, and many of the other characters, come across as permanently one dimensional -- more similar to characters in "Law and Order" than "Breaking Bad", the current gold standard for shows with great stories.
With such as awesome cast (thank G-d Khandi Alexander's back on the TV) and a potential as wide and long as the MIssissippi, "Treme" could be much better, much much better.
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SEASON 2
I was a huge fan of The Wire which was written by the creator of Treme. I watched last season and the first episode of season two hoping for character and story devlopment I might care about. It never gave me a real plot that I saw or really likeable characters. I am done with the show. I gave it a real chance to hook me and it never did.
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