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30-07-2005, 20:47
TV goes to war in Iraq
By Bill Keveney, USA TODAY
CHATSWORTH, Calif. — The darkened adobe hut offers relief from July's searing heat, but there's nothing cool about what's happening inside. As a U.S. Army unit grills an Iraqi family while searching for an American hostage, a soldier gets his feet tangled in wires connected to what could be a bomb.
"What do I do?" the private, known as Smoke, nervously asks his sergeant.
Is it a bomb? What is the Arabic-speaking family saying? Are they lying? The tense scene, from an upcoming episode of FX's new war drama Over There (premieres July 27, 10 p.m. ET/PT), depicts the life-or-death uncertainty the young troops face in Iraq.
Uncertainty — ratcheted down several notches — is a watchword for Over There itself, the first TV series to depict a war while fighting goes on. The drama is tangled up in potentially explosive questions: Is it too soon or too much? Is it believable? How will it be received by a divided public?
©2005 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.
By Bill Keveney, USA TODAY
CHATSWORTH, Calif. — The darkened adobe hut offers relief from July's searing heat, but there's nothing cool about what's happening inside. As a U.S. Army unit grills an Iraqi family while searching for an American hostage, a soldier gets his feet tangled in wires connected to what could be a bomb.
"What do I do?" the private, known as Smoke, nervously asks his sergeant.
Is it a bomb? What is the Arabic-speaking family saying? Are they lying? The tense scene, from an upcoming episode of FX's new war drama Over There (premieres July 27, 10 p.m. ET/PT), depicts the life-or-death uncertainty the young troops face in Iraq.
Uncertainty — ratcheted down several notches — is a watchword for Over There itself, the first TV series to depict a war while fighting goes on. The drama is tangled up in potentially explosive questions: Is it too soon or too much? Is it believable? How will it be received by a divided public?
©2005 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.