posted by: omiewise ... I watch plenty of TV now, although still more movies and DVDs of shows.
Anyway, yesterday I was at a small party and folks started to talk about TV shows that they watched. It was a general conversation. It made me a little bit uncomfortable, and I realized that, to me, talking about TV shows seems kind of gauche, as if it isn't really an appropriate topic of conversation.
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I like dreck as well as finely wrought entertainment, but I'm much more likely to discuss the more carefully crafted stuff because, well, there's more fodder for in=depth critique or discussion. If, rather than a discussion of the show itself, we're talking about popular reaction or underlying ideology, I think more shows fit into the spectrum of discussion. Do. Not. Get. Me. Started. on Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie.
*wants to know what Elsa thinks about Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie, but that would be talking about TV in a thread about whether it's gauche to talk about TV*
Anyway, yesterday I was at a small party and folks started to talk about TV shows that they watched. It was a general conversation. It made me a little bit uncomfortable, and I realized that, to me, talking about TV shows seems kind of gauche, as if it isn't really an appropriate topic of conversation.
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I like dreck as well as finely wrought entertainment, but I'm much more likely to discuss the more carefully crafted stuff because, well, there's more fodder for in=depth critique or discussion. If, rather than a discussion of the show itself, we're talking about popular reaction or underlying ideology, I think more shows fit into the spectrum of discussion. Do. Not. Get. Me. Started. on Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie.
posted by Elsa
*wants to know what Elsa thinks about Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie, but that would be talking about TV in a thread about whether it's gauche to talk about TV*
posted by Miko
this was near top of the page when I checked metachat for the first time in ~ months. and it's my friend stating such a difference from me. I really like talk about tv. it's like seminars at st johns - everyone just read (or watched) something and is now responding to it. you get to hear what all these people think of some one story or characters or happening.
and at twop and sometimes elsewhere really seems like conversation. thoughtful, interactive, people emotionally involved
what does tim goodman say on his sf chronicle blog ~ national culture - here go:
I had to tune in because television is our shared cultural experience"
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...The HBO shows like The Wire and Deadwood, I'm liking, for the writing and acting and for the refreshing moral complexity and sense of futility.
posted by jonmc
We were too poor for TV. We finally got one when I was 13, so I felt I missed out on a lot of Television. Maybe this is why I watch so much now. I'm mad for it, and could quite happily watch TV for the whole weekend. At the moment, I'm watching South Park, Dr Who and Heroes. posted by seanyboy
I like that he is watching multiple shows at once- "at the moment" - though I am not int in any of those shows.
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