It’s extreme-makeover time for a portion of the Old Testament—and the results are pretty swanky. Kings, a recently launched NBC drama, sets the story of David and Saul in a parallel universe whose lifestyle is not unlike twenty-first-century America’s. With its intriguing characterization, gorgeous art direction, and plotting that joins war epic and high-society soap oper (...)
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NBC'S ‘KINGS'
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