On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Darren Glass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did you use the same tone of anger and vitriol that you used in your post or > this thread? If so, I am surprised that you still have a job -- certainly I > couldnt get away with talking to my students that way. If not, then I think > you missed my point. Hell yes. My students know of my contempt for shows like this, and they know of my experience in the Peace Corps. I teach middle school. If you attempt to be anything less than genuine with middle schoolers, you get positively eaten alive. > Are you saying that CBS fabricated the market they did show us? I am stating that few in Almaty would use such a market. > Did they design the chicken factory from scratch? Kazakhstan wants to sell their surplus chickens, and used the series to shamelessly promote something that has little or nothing to do with the people of Almaty. > Did they build that mountain? The foothills are graves > Was it an animatronic bird? No, but the men holding them were costumed fakes > Are you really sure that carts selling milk simply > dont exist? The stands on the streets generally sell smokes, cell phone minutes, and newspapers featuring naked women holding machine guns on their covers. I spent three months in Almaty, and never saw anyone selling glasses of milk on the street (bottled fermented goat's milk, on the other hand). > Honestly, Kevin, your ranting sounds to me exactly like people who rant > anytime a gay character on a show turns out to be a murderer or a minority > character has less than 100% pure motives. I suppose I am a founding member of KAAD!* That works on so many levels. Actually, I found it amusing when Gary Oldman and his band of Kazakh rebels hijacked Air Force One and took President Harrison Ford hostage. It amused me immensely. And when the last season of "The West Wing" featured a war in Kazakhstan, I laughed so hard that fermented goat's milk shot out my nose (it was the one highlight of that entire hideous season). Perhaps, just perhaps, there is a whopping big difference between fictitious TV shows and reality TV. For example, and this is just one crazy example, I expect fictitious TV shows to include stuff that has been made up, whereas I expect reality TV shows to include stuff that reflects reality. I would love to continue this, but I have to shower and shave earlier than usual. Tom reminded me on our website that Shannen Doherty is back on "90210" this week. After watching "The Amazing Race," it will be a nice change of pace to view a show with good taste and a high moral compass. -- Kevin M. (*Kazakhstani Alliance Against Defamation) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
