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5 Ways ‘Parks And Recreation’ Turned Into Socialist Propaganda
Thought Catalog ^ | January 23, 2015 | Michael Malice

Posted on 03/03/2015 11:32:29 AM PST by OddLane

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To: Regal
Lighten up Francis. It’s a TV show.

It's not "just a TV show". It's NEVER "just a TV show".

Motion picture is an enormously powerful propaganda tool. Josef Goebbels, the Komsomol, and every corporation in these United States are all in agreement on that ... if on nothing else. A commercial is just a 30 second propaganda film. A show is different only by way of being longer.

21 posted on 03/03/2015 1:33:43 PM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: livius
It was so political that it wasn’t even funny. It deals with unionized city employees being harassed by evil Republicans and something that sounded to me like a Scott Walker governor, so what more do you need to know about it?

??????????????

It was definitely pro-government and pro-more government. Leslie Knope, the lead character is in love with government and with running things. If you want to call that socialist you can, though it's not like they were advocating the abolition of private property.

But I never saw any indication that the employees were unionized at all. Or much sign of a governor, though one might have appeared in an episode or two. There was plenty of satire of ignorant politicians, but I wouldn't jump to assume that they were all Republicans.

The show definitely did have a political bias and ends with the lead character and her husband holding high office as Democrats, but the main character and her attitudes were also (lightly) satirized, and her libertarian, anti-government boss often ended up being right.

Mostly, it was just another sitcom. Liberals loved it, but I don't think many people being were converted to their views by watching the show. They just took it as entertainment.

22 posted on 03/03/2015 1:34:57 PM PST by x
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To: OddLane
It might actually turn out to be just as good as Breaking Bad.

Except Bob Odenkirk's nowhere near as good in the drama department as Bryan Cranston is. It doesn't look like the new show will get as dark as Breaking Bad.

Never understood the appeal of Mad Men-or Walking Dead, for that matter.

Mad Men's appeal is nostalgia. It's in the sets and costumes and hairstyles and all the references to 60s stuff. People see their younger selves or their parents or grandparents in the characters.

As a continuing drama it's not all that great (I don't think so, anyway). It's like they were trying to string 13 episodes between the Kennedy-Nixon election and the Cuban Missile Crisis or between the Crisis and the Assassination or the Assassination and Vietnam escalation and didn't really care just what they threw in or how it fit together or whether they were repeating themselves.

I also get the feeling Matthew Weiner runs a loose ship and doesn't exercise much intelligent control over what his writers are doing. Still, it's definitely above average for TV if only because of the production values.

23 posted on 03/03/2015 1:42:07 PM PST by x
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To: x
In other words, another piece of pop culture dreck we can blame baby boomers for, got it.
24 posted on 03/03/2015 1:59:24 PM PST by OddLane
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To: NorthMountain

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25 posted on 03/03/2015 3:37:46 PM PST by Regal
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To: OddLane

Leslie Knope became an unbearable advertisement for President Hillary. However Ron Swanson was the best sitcom character since Jack Donaghy.


26 posted on 03/03/2015 4:11:04 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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To: OddLane

Give Walking Dead a shot. So far it’s been worth it.


27 posted on 03/03/2015 4:39:25 PM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: OddLane

This is going to shock a ton of you. I have NEVER watched an episode of this show and I am serious. Yes I know the person who watches numerous TV shows and go to movies others won’t did not watch an episode of Parks and Recreation....I know stunning.


28 posted on 03/03/2015 5:12:26 PM PST by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: longfellow

Try Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Blue Bloods, Last Man Standing, NCIS.......You will NOT be sorry. I especially love Chicago PD...really good show.


29 posted on 03/03/2015 5:14:05 PM PST by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: NorthMountain

And why complain about it now....it took six years to complain about a show that had it’s finale last week. Hilarious. No wonder we are losing the social war.


30 posted on 03/03/2015 5:17:39 PM PST by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: Regal

I thought it was funny that everyone, but Leslie and Ben, left the Parks department and found success in the private sector. I would hire Very Good Contracting.


31 posted on 03/03/2015 5:17:44 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: napscoordinator

I’m not the one “complaining” ... I’m the one pointing out facts to the ignorami.


32 posted on 03/03/2015 5:54:38 PM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: NorthMountain

lol. I am just talking to the general pop on FR.


33 posted on 03/03/2015 6:27:57 PM PST by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: napscoordinator
OK ... I'll conclude with the idea that if we're losing the "social war" as you put it, it's because nobody is making good conservative, constitutionalist propaganda.
34 posted on 03/03/2015 7:28:09 PM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: longfellow

Dexter had some great seasons but it grew to have snarkability. Trust me, Breaking Bad is an amazing series for anyone who can handle violence and some low life stuff. I barely could but I did and it was very worth it. This is the only show ever where they had a full on story from start to finish that made sense and no shark jumping anywhere. Direction, writing, cinematography, better than most films.

Better Call Saul is turning out pretty good too, so far.


35 posted on 03/03/2015 7:34:48 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: OddLane

Nowadays I prefer watching KDramas to the crap Hollywood puts out.


36 posted on 03/03/2015 7:46:47 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
I have friends who are really into that.

I love Korean cinema, but have never sat down and watched any of their television.

37 posted on 03/03/2015 7:50:53 PM PST by OddLane
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To: dfwgator
As an aside, I'm reading a fascinating book right now about one of Kim Jong-il's more insane schemes, which involved kidnapping the South Korean version of Cecil B. DeMille and his ex-wife in the 1980s.
38 posted on 03/03/2015 7:54:30 PM PST by OddLane
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To: Yaelle
My brother is a huge Dexter fan, but I never saw the appeal.

IMO, Durham County is a much better series.

39 posted on 03/03/2015 7:55:56 PM PST by OddLane
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To: napscoordinator

Can’t watch any of the alphabet cop shows. My brothers were cops, they said the most realistic cop show was barney miller.


40 posted on 03/04/2015 7:26:48 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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