"True Detective" and "Family Circus" Meet in the Flat Circle of Time

A new blog details what happens with the dark HBO show "True Detective" and the family friendly "Family Circus" meet

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As a kid I always dreaded reaching the Family Circus because it meant the end of the funny. Instead readers get some endearing, loaded quote about life, ho hum. But this spin on the classic, family friendly staple mashed with the nihilistic, Cthulhu end-times prophecy that is HBO's hit True Detectiveis spot on. “That is the terrible and secret fate of all life: You're trapped.”

 

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[via The AV Club]

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