I agree the world has gone very politically correct. Everyone's worried about sueing each other. Like, I couldn't believe it, that they're not allowed to put a plaster on a child at school. WTF? And there was an incident at preschool where a child got a raisin stuck up its nose, so they had to call the parents to come get it out... that they couldn't touch it. How crazy is that? What if it took an hour to get the parent to the preschool? That's an hour that child is in distress, just because of some stupid health and safety rule?
There are some good movies out there though - watched Shutter Island at the weekend - bloody brilliant! As for TV, I don't watch any ;-) But I think the BBC sometimes puts out some good shows. Spooks is the rave at the moment... hubby is watching that. I'd like to watch it (for Richard Armitage if for nothing else) but I need to be writing.
Heh, her apprecation of Dirk comes through loud and clear! :D I'm not sure I really agree with the central argument though. There was plenty of dross around in the days those great shows she cites were on. It's not like TV was wall to wall classics any more than it is now. But we can't be sure what will stand the test of time from the current TV shows. Maybe in thirty years time people will be buying the DVDs of The Wire, or The Sopranos, or Lost, who can say?
The political correctness thing, well, meh, time moves on. It might depend on the channels the shows are from. The more mainstream ones the more that kind of thing is important. But there are the subscription channels on cable on the other hand. They don't care! I just heard something recently where the creator of the show Six Feet Under when first working with HBO was told an early version of his script was too "safe" and he should give it more of an edge. He said he never expected to hear THAT coming from the mouth of a TV executive! :D
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There are some good movies out there though - watched Shutter Island at the weekend - bloody brilliant! As for TV, I don't watch any ;-) But I think the BBC sometimes puts out some good shows. Spooks is the rave at the moment... hubby is watching that. I'd like to watch it (for Richard Armitage if for nothing else) but I need to be writing.
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The political correctness thing, well, meh, time moves on. It might depend on the channels the shows are from. The more mainstream ones the more that kind of thing is important. But there are the subscription channels on cable on the other hand. They don't care! I just heard something recently where the creator of the show Six Feet Under when first working with HBO was told an early version of his script was too "safe" and he should give it more of an edge. He said he never expected to hear THAT coming from the mouth of a TV executive! :D
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