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Oh yea. I forgot about the Simpsons and Stewart and Colbert.<br>
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Sopranos was great too, but I didn't think cable counted.<br>
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I'll give The Wire a try.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Joanna<br>
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Jim Straub wrote:<br>
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<div>Not only is TV fun, but there's a lot of -good- tv on these days.
Before I moved to reno where I have no tv, I watched:</div>
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<div>-the passive aggressive news hour on comedy central (stewart and colbert)</div>
<div>-brilliant and subversive comedies like arrested development, the
simpsons, american dad</div>
<div>-sorta cheesy, sorta awesome primetime soap opera Lost</div>
<div>-the last couple years' crop of hbo dramas have been mostly very good
(Rome, Sopranos) and at times of singular brilliance (the wire and deadwood).</div>
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<div>The Wire alone is worth a cable bill. The best show in the history
of television and of importance for any leftist in urban postindustrial america.
If no one on this list is familiar with Omar Little the gay robin hood of
the projects, and Brother "the most dangerous thing in america is a nigga
with a library card" Muzone, then what a shame for the cause of socialism
in the usa. </div>
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<div>I probably watch a little too much tv, but it correlates with working
too much. And if we are in the business of engaging politically and culturally
with the proles who work too much to make the world spin, is it wise to consciously
wall ourselves off from that which unites them? Television is the medium
of our age. </div>
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of millions of your fellow Americans, and hundreds of millions<br>
of your fellow humans, get much of their information about the world <br>
from TV, and you have no fucking idea what they're seeing. Don't you<br>
think that leaves you estranged?<br>
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Besides, I like TV. It's fun. You're missing fun.<br>
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Doug<br>
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