A quick note on a very interesting HBO show, David Milch's "John From Cincinnati" and my early take on the show (Not that anybody cares what my opinion is).
This is a very different show from Milch's "Deadwood", but seems to continue the creator's flirt in the spiritual development of characters bereft and bankrupt of moral virtue (with a bit of humor sprinkled in). Deadwood seems to represent this kind of search and Milch's new show uses the likes of "John Monad" (Monad? A God Reference?) who comes out of nowhere, utters prophetic statements, and has a mysterious effect on the dysfunctional Yost family to accomplish this end. You can see that John is some kind of providential intrusion into the lives of a family that hurt at the core and whose members have not fulfilled their ultimate potential and purpose. They are divinely being set back on course.
We don't know what John is yet, but we know that when you slap his face, you invite an earthquake.
Yes, it is enough to make grown agnostic cry.
Even though the critics have somewhat panned it, as for me I will continue to watch this very interesting Milch creation to see what kind of redemption will play out in the Yost's.
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