On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:36:09 +0100, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ... first of all start with sitcoms (which are most traditionally about > the > everyday lives of white males, though now often about other ethnic/gender > groups), but all about someone's life and they are interesting because > people CAN relate to their lives > > ... there is also, of course, all the "reality" TV stuff > > ... there are tons of movies that are variations on lives, not around > some > theme All of these have one thing in common: They look at the unusual life, in one form or another. Sitcom characters don't have regular lives, reality tv participants definitely don't live usual lives. Ditto for movies (regular people don't just accidentally end up in bed with Julia Robert like in Notting Hill). It's a very big difference. > ... in fact, when I think about it, most of the "theme" shows on TV are > sort > of obscure and less popular, like stuff on the cooking or building stuff > or > music (backpacking or grand rapids) or whatever Trading Spaces? And the five million shows like it. Monster Garage, Jackass, Mythbusters. Just about any tv show that isn't pure fiction. > ... now that I think about it, the most popular, are the most > entertaining > and often (maybe usually) some variation on people's day to day lives ... But they are not the lives of ordinary people. They are caricatures, often to an exstreme degree (think The Simpsons). - Andreas -- <URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
