On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 5:23 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote:
> > For some reason this is reminding me of a movie project Fox just > announced: *Stoned Alone, *a take on *Home Alone*... Deadline > <https://deadline.com/2018/07/ryan-reynolds-home-alone-stoned-alone-macaulay-culkin-augustine-frizzell-r-rated-comedy-fox-1202433635/> > (link): "It centers around a twenty-something weed growing loser who misses > the plane for his holiday ski trip. He makes the best of things by getting > high. Paranoia sets in and he believes he hears someone break into his > house. Turns out thieves have broken in. Fully stoned and fueled by > paranoia, he tries to thwart the thieves and defend his castle." > > This might do slightly better than Smith's film... > It's actually the opposite of what I am thinking of. I'm thinking of a show where cannabis is no longer a sign of a subversive lifestyle but only a commodity. The clientele is no longer stoners but the entire community. That's what would make a sitcom based on a pot shop stand out, especially in states where medical cannabis is begrudgingly accepted and people pretend full legalization is just around the corner. I'd compare it to the motorcycle. From the mid-fifties to the mid-seventies, the time that many of us here grew up, the motorcycle meant bikers, biker gangs, rebellion, and transgression. After the mid-seventies the motorcycle became just another consumer item and a man who put on leathers was as likely an accountant as a badass. The mainstream media perception of selling and using cannabis is of transgression. The reality is that someone who decides to start a growing operation, edibles factory, or pot shop is as likely to be a mainstream entrepreneur as a stoner. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
