Don't let nobody tell you there's no future in a life of crime, because some rackets can last forever. But we'll get around to all that immortality jazz later. A mafia turf war is raging on the mean streets of the Big Apple, a place where regular joes bounce between backdoor booze joints and the breadline. But this caper ain't about a simple gangland brawl. It's abut hoods who can't seem to die proper after catching a bullet or five between the eyes. Sadistic hitmen and the dames they love, mad bombers going boom, monsters going bump and soul sucking alchemists bootlegging an elixir of eternal life. Just remember, Baccano! ain't about beginnings and ends. It's about the twists and turns, bub. Paths don't cross in this story - they collide. Every Dick and Jane plays the lead and it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
This is may just be the best blurb written for a story, ever! Baccano is not an easy show to describe, damn impossible to do it in a sentence and still difficult with a paragraph. Where do you start? How much do you reveal? So summarizing the show is a bit of a challenge, so when trying to summarize it they just decided "Eh, why bother?". The description actually tells you very little of the plot apart from the fact it's an ensemble, the mafia is involved and there are immortals; but what it does give you is a tone. From this text passage you instantly get what kind of show this is, it's a fast paced, gangster fantasy adventure that will be told in a simple manner. The flow of the words, the alliterations and almost poetic nature of the piece makes it a work of art on its own and more importantly, it does its job of making me want to watch the show.
P.S. Thankfully the show is awesome too.
-Danny
No comments:
Post a Comment