Should you watch Carnivàle?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Carnivàle
Series · 2003
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
The sides of Carnivàle
- A traveling carnival in the Dust Bowl
- A young farmhand with a gift for healing
- A preacher haunted by dark visions
Carnivàle is good for you if…
- you like tarot cards, prophetic dreams and a freak show full of secrets.
- you like a slow, patient build toward a clash between good and evil.
- you like the dust and poverty of the Great Depression.
Carnivàle is bad for you if…
- you need a story that wraps up, and this one stops after two seasons.
- you want a story that moves fast with plenty happening.
About: good and evil · destiny · faith
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