For the most part, epic television tends to focus on dramas, with comedies usually delivered in smaller, bite-sized episodes. But IFC changed the game with “The Spoils Of Babylon.” The mini-series riffed on more serious dramas, spreading the parody out across multiple episodes, and getting an all-star cast to take part. And that continued with the followup, “The Spoils Before Dying,” and today we have DVD copies to give to some lucky readers.
Starring Michael Kenneth Williams, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, and Haley Joel Osment, and produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, the series centers on Rock Banyon, who becomes the prime suspect in the double murder of his occasional lover Fresno Foxglove who is found dead with another man. Panicked, Rock splits for Mexico where he reunites with his one-time big band singer Delores DeWinter. With 72 hours to clear his name or fry in the electric chair, Rock and Delores embark on a dangerous quest for the truth that takes them into an abyss of sex, drugs, betrayal, and of course, jazz. While his world crumbles, Rock’s hard-charging manager Alistair St. Barnaby pressures him to record a mainstream jazz album.
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