Yeah, me and Bonnie.
Is anyone else tired of the “flawed” leading men in the TV drama series? Those Oh-so-noble losers. Where are our heroes? The guys with the white hats?
I am so abysmally tired of trying to find some nice escapist entertainment, and being continually presented with “heroes” that booze, sleep around, avoid commitment, cut ethical corners and then whine about it all. And they’re everywhere! There isn’t a ‘leading man’ in any of the series I’ve seen lately that I would categorize as a decent human being.
If I wanted to spend my time watching gutless wonders get their tails caught in the door time after time, I would have trained as a psychiatrist.
And I guess when it gets right down to it, I’m not particularly interested in the personal life of any character in a TV drama. If I’m watching a cop show, I like to see the action, the procedures and the process. I could care less about who they’re sleeping with – or anything else that is peripheral to what the show is supposed to be about.
And don’t even get me started on “reality” television! Doesn’t anyone have a life of their own anymore? Do we so lack in initiative and imagination that we’re reduced to passively watching what passes for other people’s lives? I’ve tried watching some of it, but the small-minded, petty, mean-spirited content turns my stomach after only a few minutes.
If it wasn’t for PBS, TVO, Discovery and a few channels like that, I would have put the TV in storage long ago. John Prine maybe had a point.
I’m just really glad I have a library card!
