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From:  Greypins@a...
Date:  Tue Jan 8, 2002  3:16 pm
Subject:  Re: Jumping in Re: [vocalist] Celebrity and Mortality

In a message dated 1/8/2002 8:46:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
caiorossi@t... writes:

<< Or Star Trek and Buffy ( which I enjoy very much ), when compared to Woody
Allen, Days of our Lives to Discovery Channel, etc. >>

what is woody allen but fluff in tweed? star trek, the real one, not
those idiotic spinoffs, occasionally dealt with the same issues the greeks
and writers like thomas mann dealt with in the guise of a cheeseball sci-fi.
and buffy is the only show i can think of that has portrayed a lesbian
relationship in such a positive light. and that is similar to the cosby
show portraying black family as an upper middle class, successful family.
both these shows, in those instances, are valuable in improving the social
conscious which, places their importance above that of other fiction. of
what social value is woody allen?

the discovery channel deals with reality. we deal with reality (well,
at least, some of us do). if we can learn better ways to handle our reality
from the discovery channel, that makes it actually valuable and not just
valuable because we like it. that is not to say that things we like are
without value. without quality ( subjective judgement ) in our lives, of
what value is our lives to us?

mike



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