Anybody watch the pilot episode of Hung on HBO tonight? It’s about a well-endowed metro Detroit teacher who attempts to supplement his income and turn his life around by selling himself.
Speaking of Detroit, the cover of the NYT magazine promised to unveil “G.M., Detroit and the Fall of the Black Middle Class.” But the eleven webpages of content was basically the story of one autoworker who’s leaning on his faith and hoping for the best.
The whole thing is conceptually muddy, starting with this:
When we talk about what the end of the U.S. auto industry will mean to thousands of autoworkers, we tend to have a specific image of that worker in mind: He’s a conservative white Democrat who lives in suburban Detroit, hangs out in his local union hall, belongs to a bowling league and owns a hunting cabin in the Upper Peninsula. This is the iconic American autoworker. In fact, as much as a fifth of the industry’s work force is African-American.
That’s the icon we all talk about?
June 29, 2009 at 1:18 am |
ive never met an auto worker that fit that description. honestly.
June 29, 2009 at 1:55 am |
I was watching conan back when he was still on the late show…he made a joke saying something along the lines of HBO announced a new show called Hung about a man who is very well endowed…NBC is coming out with a smilar show, it’s called the tonight show with conan obrien. I was laughing very hard.
June 29, 2009 at 9:32 am |
i DVR’d it. pretty good, though i think someone who doesn’t care about detroit wouldn’t be as interested as i was.
pilot episodes are always a little too expository, we’ll see how the next eps go. worth checking out.
June 29, 2009 at 10:54 am |
is it filmed there?
June 29, 2009 at 11:01 am |
yeah, all around metro detroit. shots of the old packard plant, tiger stadium, the motor city casino, etc.