Tuesday, November 04, 2003
Hand Me the Remote, Sweetie
Well, it's about 5:00 here, and time to put aside work and turn on the TV. CBS has bagged its miniseries The Reagans, swearing with a straight face that it has nothing to do with conservative complaints about its content.
In other news, the water in my basement has nothing to do with the rain outside.
Elsewhere, today's Washington Times contains a piece (which may be the wrong word) by Dave Berg on the growing acknowledgement of pornography by mainstream TV, citing the Fox series Skin (which has already been cancelled) and various HBO and Showtime projects in the works. Because this is the Washington Times, Berg takes a condemnatory tone, laments the current lack of cultural influence by such icons of virtue as Bill Bennett and Rush Limbaugh (who, Berg says, "have been weakened for now") and in the end, blames the increased influence of porn in the culture on Bill Clinton. But before Berg goes off the rails into conservative dogma-land, his cultural analysis is pretty interesting. But I'd note that acknowledgement is not the same as acceptance of pornography--porn star Jenna Jameson may get TV gigs based on her porn-star status, but her films are not going to be shown on network TV anytime soon.
Well, it's about 5:00 here, and time to put aside work and turn on the TV. CBS has bagged its miniseries The Reagans, swearing with a straight face that it has nothing to do with conservative complaints about its content.
In other news, the water in my basement has nothing to do with the rain outside.
Elsewhere, today's Washington Times contains a piece (which may be the wrong word) by Dave Berg on the growing acknowledgement of pornography by mainstream TV, citing the Fox series Skin (which has already been cancelled) and various HBO and Showtime projects in the works. Because this is the Washington Times, Berg takes a condemnatory tone, laments the current lack of cultural influence by such icons of virtue as Bill Bennett and Rush Limbaugh (who, Berg says, "have been weakened for now") and in the end, blames the increased influence of porn in the culture on Bill Clinton. But before Berg goes off the rails into conservative dogma-land, his cultural analysis is pretty interesting. But I'd note that acknowledgement is not the same as acceptance of pornography--porn star Jenna Jameson may get TV gigs based on her porn-star status, but her films are not going to be shown on network TV anytime soon.
