<i>American Gods</i> Is a Gorgeous Mess
The new Starz show, adapted from the 2001 book by Neil Gaiman, is extravagantly ambitious and frequently absurd.
It’s a shame the second season of snagged Leonard Cohen’s “” for its opening credits, because the song—menacing, omnipotent, maddeningly vague, and delivered in a husky, bourbon-soaked is downright perfect for the new Starz show . Adapted by Bryan Fuller () and Michael Green () from the 2001 novel by Neil Gaiman, the eight-episode show fantasia of ancient mythology and Americana is gorgeously conceived, vastly imaginative, and ludicrously over the top. It also unfortunately falls sway to the worst, most self-indulgent excesses of prestige
