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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Television
There are two programs which have an appeal to the masses that I will never understand.
I would not really say that the L Word has mass appeal, I would say that it has CRITICAL appeal (which is different).
I did watch the first few episodes of the L Word and I remember saying to Em "If you are going to call a show The L Work it should have a lot more hot L action." In the first season it seemed that all they did was talk about it and not do it. But I guess I am not the target demo.
24 had a lot of appeal in the post-9/11 days as a sort of visceral release of our collective pent up frustrations. We wanted to believe that yes, there was this world where a black man could be a credible candidate for President and that a flawed, yet heroic government agent could save us all from the ticking time bomb.
For a time it was very subversive (with a powerful oil magnate plotting to assassinate the first black President) -- but then it just had to keep upping the tension ante and it lost me. I gave up on it this year.
O.k. Since you mentioned it today...I am looking at your blog...and, I was a follower to the L Word, as were most of my gay/lesbian friends @ the time that I watched. It was one of the few, very few shows, w/same sex relationships. While at times the plot was cheesey, and while it was not the best writing, it did cover some of the issues the community faces at large and in their interpersonal relationships. A lot of the people I knew who watched it, watched it in large part to support the idea of same sex relationships on t.v.
I would not really say that the L Word has mass appeal, I would say that it has CRITICAL appeal (which is different).
ReplyDeleteI did watch the first few episodes of the L Word and I remember saying to Em "If you are going to call a show The L Work it should have a lot more hot L action." In the first season it seemed that all they did was talk about it and not do it. But I guess I am not the target demo.
24 had a lot of appeal in the post-9/11 days as a sort of visceral release of our collective pent up frustrations. We wanted to believe that yes, there was this world where a black man could be a credible candidate for President and that a flawed, yet heroic government agent could save us all from the ticking time bomb.
For a time it was very subversive (with a powerful oil magnate plotting to assassinate the first black President) -- but then it just had to keep upping the tension ante and it lost me. I gave up on it this year.
O.k. Since you mentioned it today...I am looking at your blog...and, I was a follower to the L Word, as were most of my gay/lesbian friends @ the time that I watched. It was one of the few, very few shows, w/same sex relationships. While at times the plot was cheesey, and while it was not the best writing, it did cover some of the issues the community faces at large and in their interpersonal relationships. A lot of the people I knew who watched it, watched it in large part to support the idea of same sex relationships on t.v.
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