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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