Advance Review: Some Banshee spoilers follow…
Let me paint a picture for you: A man stands holding the posts of a bedframe, as a prostitute, who has donned - per his request - an Amish prayer cap, performs fellatio on him. He strips off his shirt to reveal a massive tattoo of Christ on the cross covering the entirety of his back. With a look that dances the line between lust and disinterest, he plucks a human tooth from his fist.
That, in a nutshell, is Banshee.
Some of you may be saying, "We're in!" There's an over-the-top, swinging so-far-past-the-rafters-and-into-bats**t-insanity quality to the show that may appeal. There's nothing subtle on tap here, folks, with the occasional exception of lead Antony Starr's performance. Perhaps more saliently, the "shocking" elements of the series are very clearly there for the sake of shock value, rather than in service of the story.
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