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By: Picking on easy targets again « Bookworm Room

Picking on easy targets again « Bookworm Room — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:03:30 +0000

[...] As you know from an earlier post I did, Sorkin’s hostility to “Right Wing” Christians is pathetic and pathological. His lack of courage — that is, his picking on an easy target that he knows won’t strike back — was again evident in this week’s show. I don’t even have to waste time summarizing the plot, which was vapid and turgid. It’s enough to know that Studio 60 is a show about making a sketch comedy akin to Saturday Night Life (”SNL”). The big enemies are Bush, the network, and “Right Wing” Christians. Bush is dangerous to the country; while the network and those pesky Christians keep trying to mess with the heroes’ job security (as well as to stifle free speech, of course). [...]

By: Studio 60 is in the dumps « Bookworm Room

Studio 60 is in the dumps « Bookworm Room — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:50:42 +0000

[...] Considering that it is a manic polemic, I’m not surprised that Studio 60 is not doing well in the ratings. [...]

By: anne

anne — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:07:50 +0000

I agree about Studio 60 and about Shark. I thought Shark was surprisingly nuanced and just plain fun – and the surprise was partly just because it’s network tv and partly because of Spike Lee, as mentioned. I tried to watch Studio 60’s third episode and just couldn’t slog through. Clever dialogue just doesn’t substitute for actual thought, sadly. Maybe I’ll just watch House and Shark more than once each week.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:52:51 +0000

How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? How many fingers do you see, Piccard?

Doesn’t this remind you of what Goldberg(sp) said to Winston at the end of 1984?

By: jg

jg — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:58:36 +0000

One further note:
My comments about delusion were also sparked by this provocative insight from Trimegistus:

“Eventually they will exist in an entirely fictional reality. Some might say they’ve been there for years, but at least now they won’t be trying to impose their fictional ideas on the real world.”

By: jg

jg — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:54:28 +0000

MamaPJ: You are on to something. TV land–as the discussion brings up– is delusional in content. But delusion can become reality, if enough of us accept the delusion.

It’s the whole rationale for the MSM, their only ballgame.

Your narrative on the nature of Evangelicals is well done.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:51:09 +0000

Attacking paper tigers is scarcely the way to make the point about freedom of speech in a dangerous world.

How dare you say that the moral high ground doesn’t give extreme benefits.

Pacifism dictates that we not get into fights. We would lose our purity should we engage in base mud wrestling fights with Islam, and it would only create more strife and chaos. Your path lies death and destruction, peaceful argument is the way of the righteous. How more peaceful may we get, than arguing with those who won’t fight back? That is the best way to stop a war or a fight, from occuring. One side refuses to fight back. Therein lies the path to moral purity.

By: Zhombre

Zhombre — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:57:41 +0000

Erp: Spike Lee IMHO always has been mainstream and very very slick. He did Nike commercials. He’s basically a poseur. Betcha he loves the hype and ‘tude he generates, is very self conscious about it, and loves the money in his bank account.

By: mamapajamas

mamapajamas — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:48:57 +0000

Whoops… hit the submit before I meant to.

(ahem… )

How many people do YOU know who virtually spit out the word “Evangelical”? I know dozens of them, and a LOT of them are Southern Baptists!

By: mamapajamas

mamapajamas — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:46:43 +0000

Trim: Some might say they’ve been there for years, but at least now they won’t be trying to impose their fictional ideas on the real world.

Uh… actually, this IS already happening. The entire point of having those programs representing their dearest dreams is to make them a “common sense” idea. The more exposure to the public these ideas have… but only in a controlled environment where THEY write the script and decide that it turns out that the Evangelical preacher is really a closet homosexual and not the dear straight man his flock thinks… the more “normal” it looks.

How many people do YOU know who virtually spit out the word “Evangelical”?