On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Melissa P <[email protected]>wrote:
> Sorkin’s really off base on this one. Setoodeh had a reputation for > being a jerk long before this controversy. > > Newsweek is not “still one of the very last places left where we can find > news” -- it’s been moving in the tabloid direction for years, which may > account for why it’s now on the auction block (it’s been losing bucket loads > of money). > I don't disagree about Newsweek (which I stopped reading during its obsession with the semen-stained dress in the late 1990s) and I have no opinion about Mr. Setoodeh (not knowing anything about him). But I didn't take either of those as the main points in Sorkin's piece. I thought his main point was that Setoodeh was not homophobic, but wrong. What was he wrong about? That gay actors can't play straight. They certainly can - but when actors allow (or, can't prevent) their private lives to become public entertainment, the roles they enact on stage (or screen) become the B stories, subordinated to (and filtered through) the A story splashed across the tabloids. The solution is not to cut whatever thin threads still support journalism (in whatever pale form, including criticism), but to try to undermine, dilute, subvert or in someway fight back against the tabloid culture. Plus, it was well written. I am a Sorkin groupie and would savor reading his shopping list. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
