Manhunters: The Gang and John Wilkes Booth

Some industry news for the day:
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia refills the pitcher tonight on FX with the fourth season premiere “Mac and Dennis: Manhunters.” I’ve tried my best to limit the amount of reviews I can read before the show airs, so the only info I have at the moment is that it’s about cannibalism and it’s very dark and funny. When I see it, I’ll try and write up my thoughts. Again, I don’t have internet or cable in my own apartment, so no promises.
For now, go get a few beers at Paddy’s Pub. You want to be in the gang’s mindset while watching.
Elsewhere on premium cable another hunt begins:
According to Variety, David Simon and Tom Fontana ditch their usual gangs for Manhunt, a miniseries about the 12-day hunt for James Wilkes Booth after he killed some president or something.
What’s most intriguing to me is that the project will focus heavily on the media’s treatment of Lincoln’s assassination. If I know Simon — and, you know, I don’t personally, but I’ve seen his work — he’ll certainly have a lot to say on the subject. He places a lot of stock in research, and coupling this with his background in journalism, we should be treated to a very raw look at the media in the 1860s and how its influenced our perspective on the assassination. Whoops, drooling on my keyboard already.
I leave you now with a link to where you can get your very own Greenman costume, as seen on It’s Always Sunny. Hope you all get a chance to catch the new season. Again, it starts tonight at 10 on FX.
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