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To: Tenacious 1

Why not view it, and use your own mind?


37 posted on 04/26/2013 6:13:31 AM PDT by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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To: stuartcr
Why not view it, and use your own mind?

Because it's really not that important to me. Honestly, I have a healthy disdain for Hollywood and celebrities in general. I do prejudge them individually as narcisistic, egomaniacal, self indulgent, phony, intellectually deficient, self hating liberals until I am convinced otherwise. Their job is to entertain me at times of my choosing when I want to be distracted from my important responsibilities in life (work, father, etc.). They are nothing but modern day jesters as far as I am concerned. Several have changed my mind (Charlie Daniels, Tom Select, and several more).

So when I do get into a show and like the writing, themes, direction and acting, I can groan and overlook some of the subtle political activism. I like "Family Guy" for instance. I do not care enough to put any effort into a TV show. If fellow FReepers sense some liberal activism, I'm out, don't care, won't miss it.

I have very little loyalty to televised entertainment. I don't get hooked. And I get turned off very easily by political activism when it becomes part of a sub-theme or plot. I see desperation set in when shows start screwing with the formula or start to try and "make a statement" or influence social behavior. It becomes a distraction. So if I detect some social agenda associated with a show from the start, I'm out. I don't lose sleep over it.

Again, it is not that important to me. I could care less one way or another. In this instance, deleting the shows before I have seen them will save space on the DVR and I have less to manage. Easy Peasy.

55 posted on 04/26/2013 6:36:07 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 ("The British are Coming (to confiscate weapons)" - Paul Revere (We know how that ended))
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