Television Review: Generation Kill

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I love TV. It used to be easier for me to watch but between being the writer/editor of a prestigious blog and romancing super models all over the world (why else do you think I'm going to the motherland) I don't have much time for television. So I've begun paying more attention to a show's cast and producers to more easily zero in on a television show I would enjoy. David Simon was the executive producer of "The Wire" AKA the greatest television show in the history of television history. Therefore, I've decided to watch Generation Kill, a David Simon mini-series currently airing on HBO about a squad of marines at the beginning of the Iraq war. Simon's productions are more realistic than anything on TV. I wasn't raised in the hood or anything but I have black friends so I know that urban environments are really like what The Wire portrayed. I've never been to war but I am a young man and I know how young men communicate with each other and Simon captures the relationships in the unit as truly as anyone can. Of course this may be because the series is based on a true story. In 2003 Rolling Stones Magazine reporter Evan Wright was embedded with the 1st Marines Battalion in Iraq and his subsequent reports won awards and stuff so he did a great job. But who reads anymore? So we have this TV show which is as close to reading a novel that you can get without opening a book. The script is brilliant and it highlights the beurocracy that plagues the American system, it's hilarious and it does what "Jarhead" (hated the movie) could never do, which is be exciting and still be introspective and show the boredom that Marines have to deal with. Simon and his crew do a fantastic job with this. If you don't have HBO don't worry, it's a mini-series so you can wait to rent it when it comes out on DVD. If you do have HBO, Generation Kill airs Sunday nights at 9:00. It's must see TV.

Final Verdict: 5 SRK eviscerated pillows out of 5

Language NSFW but if you watch it later at home with headphones on you shouldn't have any problems except a guilty conscience for listening to such filth....Enjoy.