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Dead in the Water.(HBO's John from Cincinnati)(Critical essay)

The New Yorker

| June 25, 2007 | Franklin, Nancy | COPYRIGHT 2007 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

You know how when you use a big bill to buy a train ticket or stamps from a vending machine and unexpectedly get a handful of Susan B. Anthony dollars as change you think, Oh, come on, this is no good--why didn't the machine warn me? I'm never going to be able to get rid of these--nobody wants them. I imagine that similar thoughts must have gone through the collective head of HBO upon delivery of David Milch's "John from Cincinnati," the series that began minutes after "The Sopranos" ended, two Sundays ago. Audiences, too, may have recoiled when they watched the first episode, and thought, Hey, don't try to pawn this off on me!

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