Posted on 11/29/2004 7:30:26 AM PST by NYer
Uh.....can you toss some my way, too?
Then you must really have hated "West Side Story", or even Romeo and Juliet.
Try "Will and Grace" for something really offensive. Will and Grace takes an abomination (homosexuality) and makes it normal. This show does no such thing. When people do bad things, there are (usually) consequences.
Thank you for the criticism...I wear it proudly! :)
Am I the only person around who hasn't the foggiest idea as to the premise of this show?
The show gets 40% of all those watching TV turned to that show.
For every advertiser you get to quit the show, there are ten more waiting to sign on and pay double.
The show is a smash hit, the kind that comes along every 10 years or so.
The best thing to do is to turn it off if you want to make a statement. I don't think I've seen more than minutes myself.
One thing I do know, this show isn't going to leave the air anytime soon. Just turn it off.
They ought to be boycotting Yum! for producing body-rotting food products too...
Read the thread and you'll find out! I've seen the ads but didn't know it was so funny. Guess I'll have to tune in and make up my own mind.
LOL! Me, a liberal? Anyone who makes that claim has no clue who I am. Ironic, ain't it.
I hate all the gay-promoting shows. There really seems to be an abundance of them. When they come on, I, like you and most other rational people, change the channel, usually to History, Travel or TLC or Discovery.
Have you ever watched "Joan of Arcadia". There are few sexual situations, but I find it in many ways disturbing at a much more fundamental level. "Joan" talks with "god", but the tasks "god" gives her are quite banal. "Joan of Arc" she isn't. Neither is she a female Moses.
According to a media reporter it was initially written for half a season with another show slated to replace it.
Thanks for removing the pertinent part of my quote, that evidently didn't fit with your premise.
My statement was: Target is now depriving folks of this opportunity to give when they shop at their stores.
Of course everyone knows that they can donate directly by sending a check. I will and I will also seek out a kettle to donate that way. The Salvation Army provides food for the hungry, companionship to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless, opportunities for underprivileged children, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, and many more services. They also manage energy assistance programs to assist the poor with their oil and electric bills. They do all this without government $$ and with the lowest overhead administrative costs of any major charity.
definately pleasant on the eyes, but her character is a bit of a shallow twit.... might be willing to bed her, but no way I'd have wed her.
Anyway, frankly I don't find the show an affront to decency, as much as some of those that protest it seem to. They never show the immorral actions of the characters as "decent" or "acceptable"... in fact they are always portrayed in a far less than noble light.
If these busy bodies want to clean up TV, they should be dealing with the garbage that's on the air from 9amish to about 5pmish when Springer, The Soaps, Maurie and all the rest affront all decency at times when children are home and many sadly home alone in the afternoons.
I have enjoyed DH, though the stories are getting a bit over the top and rapidly declining into just an evening soap opera sadly. I don't know how much longer I'll keep watching... but if I do drop it, it will be due to the fact the show is growing boring and predictable... not because someone's saying the content is inappropriate.
Watch the show for once before passing judgement, it isn't what you think. I agree the name projects a certain expectation, but it is not free for all wife swapping.
I don't watch the show, but I have no problem with advertisers. There is no surprise content in this show and any parent who allows their children to watch it gets what he deserves.
The free market seems to be doing its job.
Of course, it could always evolve into something more. Wouldn't it be ironic if in a few seasons Desperate Housewives became the most intelligent, most thought provoking show on the air.
So, you want to jump on me because I don't wholeheartedly applaud the ongoing efforts to tear down this society's moral values? You want to claim I feel superior because I don't enjoy watching women committing sleaze, adultry, etc. - although funny?
Sorry - sleaze and adultry destroyed my family years ago and I don't find much humor or value in watching it for entertainment.
I've seen the child waiting at the window for a dad to visit who just did not care about him any longer.
And, I intend to speak up against the Hollywood/liberal/media efforts to de-sensitize us to porn, depravity and present it as entertainment. I remember the quality tv and the quality movies and the stuff today does not even compare. I want to be uplifted - not depraved.
Hi HJ.
To me the title doesn't project wife-swapping or swinging, but rather women sneaking around behind their husbad's back's and having sex with other men. That's quite a different matter, imho.
Joan is a good show, though declining in quality this season. Sexuality has been touched on in the show, though not a major plotline in every episode it isn't taboo.
My problem with the show this season, is that unlike Season 1, they have gone out of their way to make everyones life and the events in it a huge drama. Not overly suprising as many shows like this tend to degrade into this rapidly by scriptwriters.
I hope it will improve.
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