Flawed People Everywhere
Dec. 28th, 2005 11:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eggwardsI guess it's time to start reflecting about the year...but I don't feel like it tonight. I guess I'm just a little tired with the demands work has been placing on me lately, to actually want to type a ton of stuff.
So instead, I'll tell you about the latest AFA rant I got in my email box. They are going nuts about a new NBC show that debuts next week, The Book of Daniel. The headline of the email screams, "NBC considers new show featuring a completely dysfunctional family a positive portrayal of Christ and Christians."
Wow. Christians are portrayed in a show. That's novel. This show features a Episcopal priest who has a problem with prescription drugs, his drinking wife and his gay son. So it's not 7th Heaven. I don't think that the show would have much of a problem if the father was a storeowner, or a data entry specialist. Apparently showing that a priest might be challenged is obviously too much to bear, and an attack on Christians everywhere. obviously they never have similar problems.
Look, a good story needs problems, and struggles and obstacles. Some are bigger than others. Of course the church background is a part of getting attention, just as it was with 7th Heaven, though it's done in a completely milquetoast way.
Of course, for an extra outrage, Daniel occasional talks to Jesus. Come on, you loved in in Joan of Arcadia! She wasn't as flawed, though, and God was in the abstract...apparently this show actually has an actor, one described as "unconventional" by the AFA (what, is he not white or something?).
The controversy makes me want to see the show. I don't know if it will be any good, but I'm willing to give it a try. Hopefully it will get it's chance, just like other, non-targeted shows. The ratings should decide how it proceeds. (Of course it does conflict with the season premire of Battlestar - damn!)
Personally, I'm glad that someone wants to try something edgy, something attention getting. There's far too much safe and boring television. The only reason reality shows took root, was that they were different and edgy and interesting, but they have fallen into the same trap. The same characters, the same conflicts. Now we'll see if scripted television, like it's done with Lost and Battlestar Galactica, can rise to the challenge and really engage viewers. Viewers with open minds.
Of course, those who have no flaws themselves will be sure to make sure you can't see anything that might give you a chance to think otherwise.
So instead, I'll tell you about the latest AFA rant I got in my email box. They are going nuts about a new NBC show that debuts next week, The Book of Daniel. The headline of the email screams, "NBC considers new show featuring a completely dysfunctional family a positive portrayal of Christ and Christians."
Wow. Christians are portrayed in a show. That's novel. This show features a Episcopal priest who has a problem with prescription drugs, his drinking wife and his gay son. So it's not 7th Heaven. I don't think that the show would have much of a problem if the father was a storeowner, or a data entry specialist. Apparently showing that a priest might be challenged is obviously too much to bear, and an attack on Christians everywhere. obviously they never have similar problems.
Look, a good story needs problems, and struggles and obstacles. Some are bigger than others. Of course the church background is a part of getting attention, just as it was with 7th Heaven, though it's done in a completely milquetoast way.
Of course, for an extra outrage, Daniel occasional talks to Jesus. Come on, you loved in in Joan of Arcadia! She wasn't as flawed, though, and God was in the abstract...apparently this show actually has an actor, one described as "unconventional" by the AFA (what, is he not white or something?).
The controversy makes me want to see the show. I don't know if it will be any good, but I'm willing to give it a try. Hopefully it will get it's chance, just like other, non-targeted shows. The ratings should decide how it proceeds. (Of course it does conflict with the season premire of Battlestar - damn!)
Personally, I'm glad that someone wants to try something edgy, something attention getting. There's far too much safe and boring television. The only reason reality shows took root, was that they were different and edgy and interesting, but they have fallen into the same trap. The same characters, the same conflicts. Now we'll see if scripted television, like it's done with Lost and Battlestar Galactica, can rise to the challenge and really engage viewers. Viewers with open minds.
Of course, those who have no flaws themselves will be sure to make sure you can't see anything that might give you a chance to think otherwise.
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