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TV, "John From Cincinnati"

It's Not TV It's HBO...

Well, it's Sunday evening and for me that means curling up on the sofa with my dogs and watching HBO. The new lineup this season includes this compelling, thought provoking show entitled, "John From Cincinnati" by the creator of the now cancelled HBO show, "Deadwood." "John From Cincinnati" is an existential journey through the lens of surfing. The story centers around this southern California dysfunctional family with a surfing legacy that started with the father whose surfing career was ended prematurely due to a surfing accident, his son, Butchie was also a surfing prodigy but now he's a drug addict and Butchie's son, Sean is a child surfing prodigy. Sean ends up getting seriously injured in what should be a fatal surfing accident but...

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