Based on David Simon's tweet, was he even planning to go beyond season 3? I'm not sure I understand...
If you're a television show creator fortunate enough to have a critically acclaimed series*, why wouldn't you want to take the series beyond a 3rd season?
The benefits of keeping a tv show on-the-air far outweigh the disadvantages of not being on-the-air; a possible advantage would be to keep your entire production team employed. Another would be the accolades your actors will receive from your peers. Another possibility could be a spin-off series... I mean, the possibilities could be more than anyone can imagine.
I want to talk about the article for a minute... these two paragraphs, the bold in particular:
Simon also made headlines in June by getting his Twitter account temporarily revoked after slamming Trump with a comment that sounded to some like a death threat (“You should die of a slow moving veneral rash that settles in your lying throat”).
The Deuce follows “the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market all ended the bawdy turbulence.”This is why I believe the show was cancelled considering that drumphf was a player in the middle of the real estate market in Manhattan, New York unfettered by law [read: corruption] and who he was dealing with. I get the impression that drumphf doesn't want any potential stories told about the real estate market he was part of during that era that may generate greater distrust in him that already exist.
Here's a comment from someone underneath the trailer on YouTube that expressed more eloquently than I ever could exactly how and what that scene really was:
Personally, I love the look and feel of the show because I've seen it, walked through it, smelled it, felt it. I am very familiar what it was. I really would like to see what 'The Deuce' has to say about that time period.
There is somewhat of an advantage to having a shortened set of episodes... the production team can get straight to the point instead grindin' episodes week after week; Now, the production team can treat this fantasy series like a full motion picture... Hollywood style!
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according to what the trailer(s) reveal
