![]() The story line jumps ahead five years to 1977 for season two. Ironically, perhaps, the subject of men bullying and mistreating women, now so prominent with the #MeToo movement, is a dominant theme in “The Deuce,” which reveals how little has changed over the decades.īut Candy is the most compelling character. James Franco, who is fine but not a standout, is back as brothers Vince and Frankie, after HBO reviewed the sexual misconduct allegations made against him and decided to proceed. Maggie Gyllenhaal, as an ambitious self-pimping prostitute who goes by the name Candy, is altogether excellent - but because she’s in a show from Simon, whose superior dramas including “The Wire” have been consistently underrecognized on the awards circuit possibly for being too gritty, she failed to get an Emmy nomination this year. ![]()
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