'Untitled Jersey City Project' Offers Hard-Edged Prose

Posted by Kirhat | Friday, October 21, 2011 | | 0 comments »

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They say a collection of short burst of thriller stories is best suited for the demands of modern life than a novel. If this is true, then it may be worth to check out a new set of eight short-form episodes, playing with the key difference between people who interact intellectually and people who engage on an emotional and physical level.

The people behind the FX program called Untitled Jersey City Project are very good. They are always seems completely in control of their subject and the prose is assured and absorbing. Their story try to present an interesting wry look at the lives of four characters with full of energy, wit, charisma and attention to detail. They flips between so many scenes and settings with ease that their plot are both dense and mind-boggling.

The first episode of the program provides a lighter and more approachable point of contact. It presents a range of chastened characters living out compromised, overtly middle-class but fast-developing Jersey City waterfront, just across the river from Manhattan. The primary characters appear to be both contented and at the same hungry for escape. The first story is presented almost exclusively through an unclear exchange – classic dinner-party piffle that covers everything and nothing:

"I'm sorry, man. I really am"

"I wish I could turn back the clock"
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This tone of clear details and intellectualized reality – which is fascinating and illustrative in its own way – is expected to give way to a deeper and more emotional reality in the succeeding episodes. The characters appear to operate outside of narrow linguistic constraints and reveal and communicate their thoughts and emotions much more fully. The main character, Frank George, is the most direct example of this –an architect with a blown ego and a Jersey kid’s street smarts who absorbs the world he experiences with great sensitivity and converts it into a different form of truth.

If you like to get a first-hand experience on this skillfully crafted and well-structured first episode, then check this video below and post your comments here.


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