But I want to add another to the list: August Hill (Harold Perrineau) on Oz. Though he is clever (or at least Tom Fontana is) and raises interesting Chris Stevensish philosophical questions from his wheelchair while in bizarre outfits and in front of odd backdrops, his monologues become, even when brilliant and discerning, increasingly cloying, a bit too much, too didatic, too . . . too simple for a series which offers us such complex characters and poses such tough dilemmas.
Later (January 29th). I have come to the last season of Oz and learned, after Hill's death, that his narration has been a book in progress. Was this intended from the get-go?
Hill and a variety of the many dead from Oz's first five seasons narrate the 6th, thus joining the likes of Joe Gillis (Sunset Blvd.), Mary Alice Young (Desperate Housewives), and Lester Burnham (American Beauty) in the not-as-exclusive-as-you'd-think club of deceased narrators.
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