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This article contains character information for the American television series Carnivàle.

Due to Carnivàle's untimely cancellation, much character information was left unanswered and unexplained in the series. Show creator Daniel Knauf chose to not answer all questions, arguing that his story ideas should not be revealed just for instant fan gratification and should wait to be told until the opportunity arises.[1] Some question have since been addressed and cleared up by Knauf and other writers in DVD special features, online chats and posts, interviews and at conventions. In June 2007, Knauf offered fans a so-called "Pitch Document", a summary of Carnivàle's first season that was originally written to give the writers and the studio an idea about the series' intended plot. The summary provides detailed character backgrounds for Belyakov (making references to Lodz), Scudder (making references to Flora Hawkins), Apollonia (making references to Brother Justin and Sofie), Samson, and Ben Hawkins, but some parts deviate from the established canon story.[2] Vorlage:TOClimit

Avatars

Vorlage:Seealso In Carnivàle, Avatars are mortal beings with supernatural powers who appear like ordinary humans otherwise. Their powers and exercise of powers are among the main subject matters of the progressing show. More characters than listed here are revealed to be Avatars during the series.

Ben Hawkins

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Nick Stahl as Ben Hawkins
  • Played by: Nick Stahl, Ryan Hanson Bradford (Ben as child)
  • Also known as: Ben Krohn Hawkins
  • Appears in: Seasons 1–2 (main cast)
  • Further information: Carnivàle episodes· Genealogy· After Season 2· Reception· Awards

Ben was raised on an isolated Oklahoma farm by his single mother Flora. Ben's father left him and his religious and mentally unstable mother when Ben was an infant. Since childhood, Ben displayed inexplicable healing powers, which disturbed his mother so much that she rejected him physically and emotionally, troubling him into adulthood. The day his mother dies of dust pneumonia, a carnival happens to be passing through. They bury his mother and take him along when his home is demolished. Still fleeing from the law for Murder, Ben decides that he's better off working for the carnival than breaking rocks in a chain gang.

The writers had always intended Ben to be the leading man and hero of the series, yet they desired him to display a youthful, innocent and anti-hero quality; Nick Stahl had the strongest consensus among the producers.[3] The writers spend a long time discussing what supernatural powers and talents Ben should have.[4] Daniel Knauf talked about Ben's chain gangs background: Ben was imprisoned for attacking the bank manager who foreclosed on his mother's land. When Ben escaped, he accidentally killed a guard.[5]

For his portrayal of Ben Hawkins, Nick Stahl was nominated for a Saturn Award in the category "Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series" in 2004.[6] He was also nominated for a 2004 Golden Satellite Award in the category "Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama".[6]

Brother Justin Crowe

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Clancy Brown as Brother Justin

Brother Justin is a caring Methodist minister, who resides with his sister Iris in the small Californian town of Mintern. He interprets his first strange visions as the word of God, and he wants to erect a new ministry in his name. As the show progress, he has to make decisions that give his career a spin.

Show creator Daniel Knauf had originally designed Brother Justin as a preacher far along in his career as well as a recurring instead of a regular character. But after seeing the preliminary pilot episode, Knauf and the producers realized that there was no room for him to grow in a television series. Hence it was decided to make Brother Justin an ordinary Christian minister in a little town, setting him back in his career for about one or two years. When deciding a specific affiliation for Brother Justin, Knauf contested plans to make him a Catholic priest and rather settled on the Methodist denomination, which he perceived as significantly less suspicious and controversial.[7][8][9] Although was an actual historical figure named Father Coughlin, who was an Irish Catholic priest, the writers did not intend to retell his story with the Brother Justin character.[10] The writers did spend a long time discussing Brother Justin's supernatural powers though.[4]

Henry Scudder

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Henry "Hank" Scudder is a mysterious man who appears in Ben's and Brother Justin's dreams with apparent connections to Ben.

Lucius Belyakov

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Lucius Belyakov is a mysterious man who appears in Ben's and Brother Justin's dreams as a Russian soldier.

Characters affiliated with Brother Justin's side

Iris Crowe

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  • Played by: Amy Madigan, Erin Sanders (Iris as child)
  • Also known as: Irina Belyakov, renamed to "Iris Crowe" after rescued by Reverend Norman Balthus
  • Appears in: Seasons 1–2 (main cast)
  • Further information: Genealogy· Awards

Iris is the older sister of Brother Justin. She is devoted to supporting her brother and his ministry duties in California.

The writers created the character of Iris as a supporting character once the role of Brother Justin was expanded and opened new possibilities.[7]

For their portrayal of Iris, Amy Madigan was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award in the category "Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Drama" in 2004.[6] Erin Sanders was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress" in 2004.[6]

Reverend Norman Balthus

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  • Played by: Ralph Waite
  • Appears in: Season 1 (recurring), Season 2 (main cast)

Norman is Brother Justin's righteous Methodist mentor. He took both Justin and Iris in after he found them alone in the wilderness, and raised them as his own. Vorlage:Clear

Tommy Dolan

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Tommy Dolan is the host of Tommy Dolan on the Road, a successful radio show. He regularly travels incognito into the wild nature, where he meets strangers whose camp fire stories he retells in his show afterwards. This is also how he meets Justin, learning that Justin lost his faith in God after his ministry burned down. After Dolan retells Justin's story in his radio show, he approaches Justin's sister Iris. She is reluctant at first, but Dolan arranges a radio interview with Mintern councilman Templeton, who is forced to promise funds for the burned-down ministry and the arson inspection. Dolan and Iris spend some time together, and after a successful radio interview with her, Dolan kisses Iris in his car, but she withdraws. Further advances by Dolan are interrupted a few days later when Justin returns home. Dolan intends to go back to Los Angeles for his job, but Justin asks whether they could use Dolan's audience as the basis for Justin's new church.· Dolan gets suspicious when he learns of Justin's time in an asylum and of a police report about a car matching Justin's vehicle before the fire at the mininisty broke out. Dolan makes a deal with Brother Justin regarding the arson in return for exlusive rights to the story, but Eleanor and a waitress convince Dolan about Iris' guilt in the matter. It takes Iris to burn her clothes, secretly watched by Dolan, until Brother Justin accepts the evidence. Iris announces her guilt, and Dolan arranges a special confession announcement with the motive that women do not get hanged in California. Initiated by Brother Justin, the confession backfires on Dolan, and he gets arrested for the arson, with Iris' guilt never proven.

Varlyn Stroud

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Varlyn Stroud is convict who escapes after hearing Brother Justin on the radio. Justin telepathically chooses him as his apostle. Vorlage:Clear

Wilfred Talbot Smith

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Wilfred Talbot Smith is a man knowing much about the Gospel of Matthias and the related "Usher". He advises Brother Justin in occult matters. Vorlage:Clear

Eleanor McGill

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  • Played by: K Callan
  • Appears in: Seasons 1–2 (recurring)

Eleanor McGill is an Okie who is brought back on the righteous path by Brother Justin. She quickly becomes a devoted follower of his. Vorlage:Clear

Minor characters

  • Val Templeton played by Glenn Shadix (Season 1–2, recurring) – Val Templeton is a councilman in Mintern. His nephew Carroll Templeton, the former owner of Chin's, committed suicide after an encounter with Brother Justin.
  • Ned Munson played by Matt McCoy (Season 1–2, recurring) – Ned Munson is councilman in Mintern California. He is the assistant to Val Templeton.
  • Bishop McNaughton played by John Aylward (Season 2, recurring) – McNaughton is the Bishop who oversees the church of Reverand Norman Balthus and Brother Justin.

Characters affiliated with Ben Hawkins' side

Samson

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Samson, a dwarf, is the head of the carnival. He is the right-hand man of Management.

Michael J. Anderson was one of the only actors who never had any real competition in the casting process. Daniel Knauf had wanted him as early as the initial meeting.[3] Samson was also Daniel Knauf's favorite character.[12]

Jonesy

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  • Played by: Tim DeKay
  • Also known as: Clayton Jones
  • Appears in: Seasons 1–2 (main cast)
  • Further information: After Season 2

Jonesy is an ex-baseball player who suffers from a crippling knee injury. He is the right-hand man of Samson and the leader of the roustabouts. His job at the carnival is to operate the ferris wheel "Colossus". Clayton "Jonesy" Jones has been romantically interested in Sofie for a while, but she continuously rebuffs his low-key advances and obvious protection moves. While Sofie retreats into a friendship with cootch dancer Libby Dreifuss, Jonesy has a random conversation with Libby's father Felix about his frustrations with Sofie. In turn, Felix offers him sexual intercourse with his wife Rita Sue, which Jonesy accepts after a while. He starts an affair with Rita Sue, but when Sofie learns about it, she arranges a special date only to hurt both Jonesy and Libby, who was also in the loop.· Jonesy saves Sofie's life in a fire, but he remains cold towards her after the "double-date". Jonesy slowly grows closer to Libby, much to the dismay of Felix. One night, Jonesy helps Libby to evade Burley's advances, but this only leads to a box fight between Jonesy and Burley, then between Jonesy and Felix. Although Sofie's departure from the carnival somewhat hits him, Jonesy and Libby get intimate a little while. The two of them elope, and Jonesy wants Libby to stop the cootch. At a Dreifuss family dinner, Libby's parents tell him that they need Libby to continue the cootch to repay their financial debts, to which Libby agrees. The same night, the "Colossus" has an accident involving the death of a woman, whose husband kidnaps Jonesy and Libby, and tars and feathers Jonesy in a revenge act. Ben is able to heal Jonesy, and Ben and Jonesy leave the carnival for California, with Libby at the carnival to tell a cover-up story. Jonesy returns much to the disbelief of Rita Sue, and Jonesy and Libby are joined again until Jonesy takes off again to help Ben. Jonesy "saves" Sofie, but she shoots him when they escape.

Tim DeKay was cast as Jonesy because the producers felt he best portrayed a "very American" looking baseball player of that period.[3]

Sofie

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Sofie is the daughter of Apollonia. Sofie can communicate telepathically with her mother. They work as fortune tellers at the carnival.

The writers originally wrote Sofie as more of an exotic gypsy girl, but Clea Duvall got the part after four auditions. Although most of her work was in the movie business like Stahl, she had sought to become involved in regular television when the opportunity for Carnivàle came up.[13][3]

Apollonia

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Apollonia is the mother of Sofie. She is catatonic, but she can communicate telepathically with Sofie. She and Sofie work as fortune tellers at the carnival.

The reason that Apollonia was catatonic since Sofie's birth was never established in the series. Daniel Knauf however explained that her state was caused by giving birth to Sofie as the Omega.[14] (see also Mythology of Carnivàle#Avatars)

Lodz

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Lodz is a blind mentalist. He has a relationship with Lila.

Lodz's demise was planned from the beginning and served a purpose to the story. It was also to indicate that all bets are off for the other characters.[12] Lodz' eyes are a condition of his body and are distinct from Justin's black eyes.[14]

Lila

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Lila, also known as The Bearded Lady, is the carnival dressmaker. She is the lover of Lodz. Vorlage:Clear

Felix "Stumpy" Dreifuss

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  • Played by: Toby Huss
  • Appears in: Seasons 1–2 (main cast)

Stumpy is the manager of the "cootch show" (strip show). He is married to Rita Sue, and has two daughters, Libby and Dora Mae.

The writers created the Dreifuss family after a show consultant called attention to his research about families managing cootch (striptease) shows in the 1930s.[7]

Rita Sue Dreifuss

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Rita Sue is the main cootch show stripper. She is married to Stumpy, with whom she has two daughters, Libby and Dora Mae.

The writers created the Dreifuss family after a show consultant called attention to his research about families managing cootch (striptease) shows in the 1930s.[7]

Libby Dreifuss

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  • Also known as: Libby Dreifuss-Jones
  • Played by: Carla Gallo
  • Appears in: Seasons 1–2 (main cast)
  • Further information: After Season 2

Libby is a cootch show dancer. She is the oldest daughter of Stumpy and Rita Sue, and she has a sister named Dora Mae.

The writers created the Dreifuss family after a show consultant called attention to his research about families managing cootch (striptease) shows in the 1930s.[7]

Dora Mae Dreifuss

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  • Played by: Amanda Aday
  • Appears in: Season 1 (recurring)

Dora Mae is a cootch show dancer. She is the youngest daughter of Felix and Rita Sue, and she has a sister named Libby.

The writers created the Dreifuss family after a show consultant called attention to his research about families managing cootch (striptease) shows in the 1930s.[7] Amanda Aday knew she joined the cast only for a few episodes when she was hired, but she was not told the story reasons at that point.[15]

Ruthie

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Ruthie is the mother of Gabriel, whom she sometimes supports in his strongman acts, although her main job at the carnival is as a snake chamer. She is an ex-lover of Henry Scudder.

Adrienne Barbeau knew Carnivàle producer Howard Klein, who informed here that they were looking for a comatose woman In Barbeau's in the casting process. She got the role of Ruthie without having to go to another audition again.[16]

For her portrayal of Ruthie, Adrienne Barbeau was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award in the category "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Drama" in 2004.[6] She won a WIN Award in the category "Best Actress in a Dramatic Series" in 2004.[17]

Gabriel

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  • Played by: Brian Turk
  • Also known as: "Gabe"
  • Appears in: Seasons 1–2 (main cast)

Gabriel is the son of Ruthie. He works as a strong man at the carnival.

The writers originally intended the character of Garbiel to be mute and therefore gave Brian Turk Samson's opening monolog at the audition. Brian Turk said the description for the character was similar to "big, larger than life, with the face of an angel, and slightly mentally challenged" then. Turk attributes the producers' final decision to making Gabriel not mute to the amount of characters (Management, Apollonia) who did not have speaking parts in the first season.[18]

Gecko

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  • Played by: John Fleck
  • Appears in: Season 1 (main cast)

Gecko works as a lizard man at the carnival. Vorlage:Clear

Alexandria and Caledonia

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  • Played by: Karyn Steben and Sarah Steben
  • Appears in: Season 1 (main cast)

Alexandria and Caledonia are twins conjoined at the hip. They usually accompany their carnival act with singing.

Minor characters

  • Burley played by Scott MacDonald (Season 1–2, recurring) – Burley is a roustabout at the carnival.
  • Osgood played by Blake Shields (Season 1–2, recurring) – Osgood is a roustabout at the carnival.
  • Possum played by Bill Moseley (Season 1–2, recurring) – Possum is the cook of the carnival.
  • Giant played by Matthew McGrory (Season 1–2, recurring) – Suffering from hyperpituitarism, he usually demonstrates his size in comparison to kids.
  • Sabina Engstrom played by Bree Walker (Season 2, recurring) – Sabina, also known as "The Scorpion Lady", suffers from ectrodactyly. She used to work at the Daily Brothers Carnival until it has to close. She was also married to Samson for nine years.
  • Bert/Bertha played by Paul Hipp (Season 2, recurring) – Bert/Bertha is the current husband of Sabina. He dresses as half a man, half a woman.
  • Rollo played by Daniel Browning Smith (Season 2, recurring) – Rollo the Rubberboy, also known as Boneless Billy Benson, can bend his body in the weirdest fashion.

Genealogy

Several early review observed that Ben's parentage is one of the big puzzles in Carnivàle.[19][20] It was said later that Henry Scudder was "linked to everything and everyone",[21][22] and it was considered Ben's job to piece together the mystery of his own past.[23] As the series progresses, it becomes clear that more characters have unresolved genealogical links. Neither the audience nor the characters are aware of the characters' family ties at first, but the immediate genealogy of the main characters is cleared up by the end of the second season. Throughout the show, these links are rarely drawn attention to and are mostly only explained as parts of the characters' missions.

Scudder

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Ben was raised by his religious and mentally unstable mother Flora on an isolated Oklahoma farm.[24] His father had left them when Ben was an infant.[25] The relationship between Ben Hawkins and Henry Scudder is hinted at early on in the series,[26] but is only established late in the first season.[27] Ben's paternal grandparents, Emma and Hilton, are introduced in Season 2.[28] In the same episode, it is established that Ben's father was not their only offspring, and that Emma had at least three other sons, Owen, Gilbert, and Alvin, who she killed along with Hilton when Ben's father Henry was born. Emma introduces the people living with her as Ben's cousins, and one of them mentions "Alvin Sr." and refers to Gilbert as "Uncle Gilbert". This implies that Emma has at least one more grandchild besides Ben.[28]

Emma being the mother of several sons seemed to conflict with established in-universe rules, so show creator Daniel Knauf enlightened pondering viewers that Emma's other sons were by her first husband, Clarke "C.W." Powell, who had died by natural causes. Afterwards, Emma married Hilton Scudder, who adopted her sons in turn.[29] This information however was never made canon in Carnivàle, and it is unclear whether future seasons of the series would have addressed this.

Belyakov

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The pilot episode introduces Apollonia and Sofie as mother and daughter working as fortune tellers at the Carnivàle.[24] Sofie mentions that she grew up not knowing her father, thinking that he left her mother.Vorlage:Episode This changes when Sofie hears screaming and banging coming out of her trailer. Sofie breaks the locked door open, only to find her mother being raped by a man with a tattoo of a tree on his back. Moments later, this turns out to be a vision of Sofie's, who upon entering the trailer only finds her mother weeping, without any sign of an attack.[27]

Brother Justin Crowe is introduced as a caring Methodist minister, supported by his sister Iris. In the pilot episode, Brother Justin experiences puzzling visions for the first time that he interprets as God's words.[24] When painful events make him doubt God, he leaves his ministry and heads into the wilderness,[30] where he encounters two Russian immigrant children. Irina and Alexi, as they are called, are not willing to help him with his injured leg. Brother Justin cajoles Alexi to stop listening to his protective bigger sister, who says that their father was "an evil man" and that they were waiting for "a man of God". When Brother Justin tries to choke Irina, Alexi angrily snaps Justin's neck by the sole force of mental power. At this moment, Brother Justin realizes that he has just had a vision of his own past that had been repressed all these years; the children were in fact him and his sister Iris, the only survivors of a train accident, their mother having perished in the accident as well.[31] The two children were later saved and adopted by Reverend Norman Balthus.[32] (Norman also had a wife, who has since died. Her name was Clare.[2][33])

Lucius Belyakov, who was unknown to the audience before Season 2, is in fact the man already known as the Carnivàle's Management, as well as the Russian soldier of Ben's and Brother Justin's visions.[33] The audience only learns later that Belyakov had a son named Alexi, who Belyakov had believed to have died in a train accident many years ago.[25]

The last link in the Belyakov genealogy is disclosed in the late in Season 2. Sofie, who after leaving the carnival has become the Crowes' maid, tells Iris that her mother was a fortune teller and that the two of them had travelled with the carnival for most of her life. This short conversation is interrupted by Iris having a vision of Justin as a young man raping Apollonia.[34] Although Iris only tells Norman about her suspicions,Vorlage:Episode Sofie may also realize her connection to Brother Justin when she sees his tattooed upper part of the body in the final episode of Season 2.[35]

The name of Justin's and his older sister Iris's mother is never mentioned in the show, but both Carnivàle's "Pitch Document" and the HBO website state that her name is Plemina.[2][36]

Pre-1934 character backgrounds

During the run of Carnivàle, show creator Daniel Knauf dropped online hints about the background of several characters. Some events were illuded to in the series, such as the "Hyde and Teller Company" and the trench war. Other events were not told due to the cancellation. The "Pitch Document" provided more detail.[2]

The bear that attacked Belyakov on a battlefield during World War I was Bruno, an escaped dancing bear from Lodz's circus. The bear was hungry, and the war noises panicked him, so he attacked Belyakov as an accident. Belyakov did not hold Lodz responsible.[5][37] Later, Lodz and Scudder worked a sideshow attraction in Arles, France. One night, both men were drunk and started to quarrel. Scudder grabbed Lodz and attempted to pass his Avataric mantle onto Lodz, thereby robbing Lodz of his sight while granting him "inner sight". This resulted in an undeliberate permanent psychic bond between the two men, including bestowing Lodz the ability to track Scudder.[38] Scudder, the Creature of Darkness of his generation, then attempted to defy his destiny and went into hiding to escape Belyakov.[14] This was when Belyakov embraced Lodz' tracking skills. Belyakov purchased the Hyde and Teller Company,[39] named himself Management and made Lodz his right hand. Lodz lost Management's trust when he attempted to betray Management by approaching Scudder directly in St. Louis in order to cut a side deal,[14] and Samson became Management's new right hand.

Season 2 finale and character fates

It was reported that HBO president Chris Albrecht originally wanted to conclude the second season of "Carnivale" with a satisfying and close-ended confrontation between Brother Justin and Ben (showing that Brother Justin was more definitively dead), but the producers decided to add a cliffhanger instead.[40][41] HBO entertainment prexy Carolyn Strauss felt Carnivàle had come to a natural end and gave this as the network's explanation for not renewing Carnivàle.[42] Daniel Knauf replied that Albrecht might have been misquoted. Albrecht had wished in preproduction discussions to have a fight between Brother Justin and Ben in the Season 2 finale, which Knauf had planned anyway. Knauf also stated that HBO had agreed with the open ending because they had greenlit the final scene in the writing phase, budgeted to filming including the final shot, and had the final cut of all episodes. According to Knauf, there was never a plan to cancel Carnivàle prematurely, and HBO had only decided the cancellation shortly before their announcement.[43] However, Clancy Brown (Brother Justin) remembers the original last shot of the series as Iris watching the corn die, not of Ben in Management's trailer.[44]

Following the cancellation, fans asked about the future storyline. The writers did not immediately respond,[1] but gave clues in DVD special features and on conventions, more rarely also in forums and online chats. Daniel Knauf said that Jonesy would have recovered from his gunshot wound.[45] Although the producers never addressed how exactly he would survive, producer Howard Klein pointed out that Jonesy "wasn't shot in a specific place - he [just] collapsed."[46] This is supported by Knauf, who mentioned that "Sofie's intent in shooting Jonesy was to stop him from taking her back to the Carnival,"[14] not to kill him. Season 3 would have opened with him pitching in a Major League game,[45] allegedly playing for the Yankees and being married to Libby.[47]

Writer and co-executive producer William Schmidt described Sofie's last seen action as "raising her father at the end, bringing him back to life." This was "to indicate that she was truly evil," although "she is the Omega so there's good in her too." Season three "would have been pretty much centered on Sofie and the internal struggle of her good versus evil."[46] The nature of the Omega would have taken two seasons to unfold.[14]

If a third season had taken place, both Ben and Brother Justin would have been alive.[1] Daniel Knauf would have written Brother Justin as a man "with an inoperable chunk of shrapnel near his heart" which the anointed blade had caused. Brother Justin would have been "severely weakened and prone to exhaustion, serving as a hollow figurehead in his burgeoning ministry. Sofie and Iris would be vying for the power behind the throne, with Sofie by far the more dangerous of the two, although Iris is a force to be reckoned with."[48] Knauf had the intention of marrying Brother Justin to Sofie at some point in the future,[8] and Season 3 would allegedly have shown a three-year old boy amidst Sofie and the Crowes, although Knauf left the question about the child's parents open.[47] As for Ben, Knauf said that although he would survive, his wounds would require repeated suturing, causing him to lose his Vitae Divina and draining him of strength.[48] Ben would be a different man than he was before, and would be closer to Management.[47]

What Lodz meant when he (possessing Ruthie) tells Lila that "You'll be seeing me soon [...] In the flesh." remains an open plot point.[34]

Reception

  • New York Times: "Ben is a taciturn hero, and Mr. Stahl does a remarkable job of wordlessly conveying his character's moods and yearnings, as well as his ungainly grace. Prim, righteous Brother Justin is more of a caricature, but Clancy Brown finds ways to bring some subtle glints of personality to the role."[49]
  • The Age: "[Daniel Knauf] sprinkled enough magical gifts over the carnival's cast of mind readers, fortune tellers, snake charmers, catatonic psychics, conjoined twins, bearded ladies and lizard men to make the bizarre and the macabre appear just about routine." "The edges of good and bad guys are blurred from the first few minutes of the series," which "forces viewers to confront preconceptions about how heroes should look or behave." "Ben Hawkins, ostensibly the hero of the piece, [is painted] as a taciturn hero, repelled by the appearance of the "carnies" and initially hostile and suspicious of them and their bohemian ways. Conversely, the starchy preacher, Brother Justin Crowe (Clancy Brown), whose story plays out in parallel to Hawkins, but whom we increasingly feel is due for some End of Days-style confrontation with him, appears a pillar of his Californian community, and a leading moral light." "Some of the most arresting grabs used to build atmosphere are the repeated flashes of Hawkins' grotesque dreams."[50]
  • Time: "[Michael J. Anderson] gives the series' best performance as the flinty carnie boss." "Brother Justin comes across as a typical whited sepulcher — if there's one thing more trite than a dwarf in a surreal drama, it's a preacher with a dark side — and Brown's campy performance largely involves shouting "Enough!" and "No-o-o-o!" with horror-flick pathos. Stahl is more modulated as Ben, but the script stagily walks him from one set piece to another to establish our sympathy: he breaks up a near rape, consoles a mother whose baby has died and so on."[51]
  • Entertainment Weekly: "Brown's Brother Justin is delightfully unsettling as the creepy evangelist taking his orders from the wrong superpower."[20]
  • Variety: "[Clancy] Brown does a superb job straddling the line between stoic and menacing, and there are hints about his weaknesses, conveyed quickly with subtlety."[52]
  • IGN: "From the opening sequence to the fade out on episode 12, Carnivale successfully draws you into the Depression-engulfed world of its many oddly likeable characters. And sure enough, odd best describes these people, many of whom live under the watchful eye of the carnival's leader, a magical entity called "Management" that never shows itself. There are conjoined twins. An overweight stripper. The ever popular bearded lady. A paraplegic guided by premonitions. You name it. The show prominently features all manners of freaks, but each is well-crafted, layered, and believable, rather than comical, as easily could have been the case under amateur direction."[53]
  • Boston.com: "Stahl, with his watchful eyes, is one of the show's strengths. He has a boyish face, but the grim expression of a worn-out elder. As Justin, Brown is a plus, too, preaching with an uncomfortable degree of passion. It's really too bad these performances – along with DuVall's somber, tough Sofie – are in service of so much bombast and seriousness."[19]
  • DVD Talk: "As the two leads, Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown are nothing short of brilliant. Ben Hawkins is a very isolated and quiet character, and yet he carries a significant part of the series on his shoulders. Without the right actor it could be disastrous, but Stahl brings a level of thoughtful emotion to the character such that a glance or a stare speaks volumes. Brown also has a difficult task capturing the duality of Brother Justin, a man who presents a physically intimidating presence but who wants little more than to be a subdued and loyal servant of his Lord, and he succeeds on every level. Amy Madigan, Tim DeKay, and Clea Duvall are also fantastic choices. Physically, they look like they belong in the 1930's in the first place, and each is such a fantastic actor that it's almost impossible to imagine anyone else could play these characters. While there are two clear lead characters, Carnivàle is still very much an ensemble show, and the performances of all the supporting characters are essential to the show's success. Particularly inspired is the voice of Linda Hunt as the decidedly creepy "Management" and John Savage as Henry Scudder, a presence from the past who seems connected to everything and everyone."[21]
  • DVDTown: "Performance-wise, Clancy Brown takes top spot as the troubled minister, followed closely behind by Nick Stahl, Clea DuVall, Patrick Bauchau, Tim DeKay and Michael J. Anderson. In fact, every single character on the show, no matter how small, quirky or sinister they are, produce noteworthy performances all round. It is through the efforts of this outstanding cast that makes the entire premise of the show and the period setting so realistic and believable that the audience can't help but get immersed in it."[22]

References

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  1. ↑ a b c Knauf, Daniel (fboffo): Re: in response to dan's letter. Yahoo Carnivale HBO (registration required), 12. Mai 2005, abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2007.
  2. ↑ a b c d Complete "Pitch Document" (CARNIVALE Backstory and Mythology.doc) at Yahoo Carnivale HBO Files (registration required) (July 1, 2007). Character biographies previously auctioned at the Clancy Brown Fan Club Charity Auction (May 16-May 30, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
  3. ↑ a b c d "Beyond the Standard Fare" – John Papsidera. hbo.com, abgerufen am 3. August 2007.
  4. ↑ a b "Character References" – Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin. hbo.com, abgerufen am 3. August 2007.
  5. ↑ a b Highlights from the Dan Knauf Chat - Episode 1 - Milfay. savecarnivale.org, 17. Juli 2005, abgerufen am 28. Juli 2007.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Awards for "Carnivàle". imdb.com, abgerufen am 27. August 2007.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Interview with Daniel Knauf – Part 1. Beth Blighton at carnivaleinterviews.blogspot.com, 12. Januar 2004, abgerufen am 29. Juli 2007.
  8. ↑ a b Knauf, Daniel (fboffo): Re: Stray thoughts on HBO's meddling, etc. Yahoo Carnivale HBO (registration required), 14. Juli 2006, abgerufen am 28. Juli 2007.
  9. ↑ DVD audio commentary for the episode "Milfay"
  10. ↑ Summer 2003 Cable TCA Press Tour (July 10, 2003). Transcript at centimes.demon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
  11. ↑ a b c d e Cast and Crew. hbo.com, abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2007.
  12. ↑ a b Dan Knauf Interview. carnycon.com, 15. Februar 2005, abgerufen am 2. August 2007.
  13. ↑ The Museum of Television & Radio's William S. Paley Television Festival CARNIVALE (March 16, 2004). Part of the Carnivàle Season 2 DVD Special Features.
  14. ↑ a b c d e f Chat with Daniel Knauf (April 18, 2005). Summarized and archived in parts at Yahoo Carnivale HBO (registration required). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  15. ↑ Highlights from the Chat with Michael J. Anderson (Samson) and Amanda. 24. Juli 2005, abgerufen am 16. September 2007.
  16. ↑ Adrienne Barbeau Interview Part 1. carnivaleinterviews.blogspot.com, 9. Februar 2004, abgerufen am 16. September 2007.
  17. ↑ The 2004 WIN AWARD. winfemme.com, abgerufen am 22. September 2007.
  18. ↑ Brian Turk Interview. carnycon.com, 17. Februar 2005, abgerufen am 2. August 2007.
  19. ↑ a b Matthew Gilbert: 'Carnivale' atmosphere gets lost in pretentious new HBO series. boston.com, 12. September 2003, abgerufen am 24. August 2007.
  20. ↑ a b Carina Chocano: TV Review – Carnivale (2003). ew.com, 12. September 2003, abgerufen am 8. September 2007.
  21. ↑ a b Carnivàle: Complete First Season. dvdtalk.com, abgerufen am 29. Juli 2007.
  22. ↑ a b Hock Guan Teh: Carnivale: The Complete 1st Season. dvdtown.com, 1. Dezember 2004, abgerufen am 8. September 2007.
  23. ↑ Carnivale: Second Season Premiere. movies.ign.com, 7. Januar 2005, abgerufen am 11. September 2007.
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  37. ↑ Daniel Knauf Interview, Part 2. Beth Blighton at carnivaleinterviews.blogspot.com, 12. Januar 2004, abgerufen am 31. Juli 2007.
  38. ↑ Knauf, Daniel (fboffo): Is Lodz an Avatar? Yahoo Carnivale HBO (registration required), 15. April 2005, abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2007.
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  41. ↑ Funny business. toledoblade.com, 20. Juli 2005, abgerufen am 6. August 2007.
  42. ↑ Carnivàle packing up. variety.com, 11. Mai 2005, abgerufen am 25. Juli 2007.
  43. ↑ Knauf, Daniel (fboffo): Re: S2 Finale: Might-have-beens/Implications? Yahoo Carnivale HBO (registration required), 20. Juli 2005, abgerufen am 27. September 2007.
  44. ↑ http://www.savecarnivale.org/html/carniecast_clancy.htm
  45. ↑ a b Daniel Knauf in the DVD audio commentary for "Lincoln Highway, UT".
  46. ↑ a b Magic and Myth, Season 2 DVD special feature.
  47. ↑ a b c Daniel Knauf at Carny Con 2006. Summarized at Yahoo Carnivale HBO [1][2] (registration required) (April 25, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
  48. ↑ a b Knauf, Daniel (fboffo): Re: even more Carnivale Questions. Yahoo Carnivale HBO (registration required), 10. Juni 2007, abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2007.
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