Just heard about the HillBilly Holler show today from a coworker. And tho not every West Virginian is an inbred reject with a single digit IQ, there
are plenty of people like that here in the southern part of the state. It's depressing actually. But there are too many dumbed down people all over
the US now, and there shouldn't be - we have the technology to make us all better educated, with training in a variety of fields, education and
exposure to various cultures, and so on - but why watch educational or thought provoking tv when crap like Honey Booboo is on? After a long day of
working just to barely survive - for those fortunate to even have a job - perhaps seeing someone who does make you glad for the life you have and
doesn't require any heavy duty thought processing is really the best...er most? the majority can muster. Of course this being ATS, I much prefer to
think its some sort of subliminal signal that traps people. I'm just glad that it doesn't work on me. Or maybe they think they are totally fine too
and everyone has gone mad...
Sadly people do seem to fall into the thinkers and the "oh that's just too hard!" brain dead types. I do believe art imitates real life- and every
time i watch The Walking Dead of late I see it as an allegory of modern culture - the Zombies are the stupid unthinking consumers who will eat you
alive if you let them, and the thinking, caring, hard working humans are hopelessly outnumbered and often seem to be just on the verge of realizing
the futility of their existence when the necessary constant struggles keeps them moving forward, fighting when a few minutes splid analysis might just
make them give up. The zombies have won, and any decent life always involves keeping as much distance between the mindless zombies as possible! :-)
And yeah, the fact that a large % of the cast is British isn't lost on most viewers. It's the old "truth on many levels" thing going on. :-)
I totally agree with the poster above who said he/she gave up on tv shows after too many of the few good ones would get cancelled or just disappear
and now only does DVDs. There are so few shows that I have found even remotely interesting over the past decade or so are countable on one hand after
you remove the British shows from the list. I find myself more and more dipping into gems from the past which are also frequently British, The
Avengers (Steed and Mrs Peel, not the superheroes, tho they were certainly super!), Wild Wild West (not the atrocious Will Smith remake, but the
Robert Conrad series), Doctor Who (one of the few series where the modern version - fantastically enough which is a continuation of the original
series designed to morph and reinvent itself through the time that the hero travels thru!), Buffy (seriously, it's quite good tho my judging it from
the horrid movie led to me not discovering it u til the end of the 3rd season), the aforementioned Sherlock (one of the few series that has characters
with modern issues that don't slam you over the head), The Walking Dead (tho this first half of Season 3 seems to have lost much of the warmth and
draw it had in S 1 & 2, it is still head and shoulders above pretty much any major network series). Also quite love Fringe, which is the X Files of
the present.
And sorry, didn't mean to simply post what I watch - but totally agree TV reflects the state of America after decades of flioridated water, the
destruction of critical thinking skills known as the Education System, and whatever other mind control techniques that compel what is supposed to be
an intelligent species into tuning in week after week to watch insipidly grotesque and mentally damaged creatures degrade themselves proudly and
engage in pig genitalia eating contests. If anything, it truly has made me extremely glad not to fit in with the masses of society. :-)
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As good as even THIS show is, Ive not missed an episode of Coronation Street in who knows how long, I do remember when Racquel came on though!
