Talk:Key West (TV series)

Information was added to this article which was then deleted by another source. The information was accurate and added further information about the show that was more descriptive than was originally included. The information was deleted without discussion and without so much as a note in the discussion page. Just so future readers can access this part of the article, I will include it here. It was posted by Cloudscapes and was based on research that he had done on a larger project. This research included multiple interviews with the creators, directors, writers, actors and actresses, and producers...

"The central character is Seamus O'Neill, played by Fisher Stevens, a factory worker with dreams of becoming a writer who thinks he has struck the veritable jackpot when he wins the New Jersey state lottery. Believing himself a millionaire he moves to Key West to pursue his writing career, only to fall in with a cornucopia of provocative and singular characters, such as a blind newspaper editor, an old-money marine biologist, a broccoli-juice drinking, mantra chanting sheriff who calls himself, " . . . the first peace officer of the twentieth century!", a Cuban American businessman for whom too much is never enough, a Rastafarian transplant who schemes and dreams in equal measure, and, amongst others, a prostitute who thoroughly enjoys her 'work', played with almost imperceptible perfection by Jennifer Tilly.

The series was notable for several reasons, foremost among them: the determination of its creators and writers to incorporate into Key West some of the distinguishing touchstones infusing the work of the Magical Realists in literature. This is perhaps most evident in the episodes "The System", "The Second Day In Heaven", "Crossroads", and "The Great Unknown". Most episodes utilized parallel storylines rich in metaphor and symbolism which... DBaltzer (talk) 17:14, 23 May 2008 (UTC)DBaltzer