The season finale of the FX TV series Fargo airs Tuesday. The series is an "original adaptation" of Joel and Ethan Coen's 1996 film, a dark comedy set in the wintry landscape of rural Minnesota. Nearly 20 years ago, the film won Oscars for best screenplay and best actress.
The 10-episode TV series has a different story and characters, but critics agree that it captured the look and tone of the film, mixing eccentric characters and deadpan humor with sudden and savage violence.
"I sold the show to FX as, 'It's the best of America versus the worst of America,'" series creator and writer Noah Hawley tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies. "And I think what people like is this romantic idea that you go off and you face evil and you come back and your reward is to lead a simple life. And you don't have to go on this dark journey where you're some demon-hunter who is haunted."
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