graculus

Yikes. One particular website I visit quite often has currently got a sidebar advert running on it, advertising a recent show called The Knick - I understand this show is set in a turn-of-the-century hospital, something like Upstairs Downstairs meets ER?

That's not the horrifying part about it.

What is, sadly, is the close-up on the anguished face of Clive Owen, looking like he is receiving decidedly rough anal sex and being unsure whether he wants it or not. This was not a mental image I ever needed, thanks so much.

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sg1jb

Well, that doesn't happen on The Knick, so that part of your mental image comes from somewhere else.

The Knick is a gritty, oftentimes dark, and always superbly acted drama centred around the people working at the Knickerbocker Hospital; it gives us a look at the state of, people involved in, and struggles inherent in early invasive / surgical medicine, set against the social culture of the time - social stratification, professional competition, forbidden love, racism, drug addiction, the seedy face of criminal loan sharking and prostitution ... yep, plenty of anguish to go around, and Clive Owen delivers his share.

As uncomfortable as I found it to watch at times, I think The Knick is remarkably well done drama.