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On TV, men are the new weaker sex
Boston Globe ^
| November 15, 2007
| Joanna Weiss
Posted on 11/15/2007 9:00:20 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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Outside of South Park I don't watch TV shows anymore but TV ads and TV shows seem to have something in common.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Propaganda Directive 2:
The white male shall always be portrayed as a dunce.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:03:12 AM PST
by
Lexington Green
(Not one dime to Hollywood traitors)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
It's a lot like "Sex and the City" for men, a comparison that surely came up when the show was pitched to network executives. Except that these characters aren't wrestling with empowerment so much as they're wallowing in victimhood. They're constantly beset by the women in their lives: badgering wives, cheating wives, fickle ex-wives, insidious ex-lovers.Like "Sex in the City", huh? Is this one also written by homosexual men?
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:03:18 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
On TV, men are the new weaker sex
On TV, men WHITE men are the new weaker sex.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:03:39 AM PST
by
papasmurf
(sudo apt - get install FRed Thompson)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Another reason why I watch very little broadcast TV. The remainder of my TV entertainment comes from classic TV shows on DVD.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:05:04 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Wonder what version of Bigshots she’s watching, not the one I’m watching.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:05:28 AM PST
by
discostu
(a mountain is something you don't want to %^&* with)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
I’m sure it’s going to be a runaway smash hit.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:05:53 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!)
To: Army Air Corps
“...TV shows on DVD...”
Yep my wife and I are watching Perry Mason-1st season and its great.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:06:34 AM PST
by
Monterrosa-24
(...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
To: Army Air Corps
I have a new found respect for classic Western movies (Glenn Ford, Clint Eastwood, Randolph Scott...); I’ve seen many such films in the last few months.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Ugh! Writers: Please stay on strike.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:09:51 AM PST
by
rhombus
To: Monterrosa-24
Yep my wife and I are watching Perry Mason-1st season and its great. I shudder to think what a new Perry Mason would look like.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:10:28 AM PST
by
AU72
To: discostu
I watched the premiere episode and was entertained, so I tuned in the following week. After that, I couldn’t stomach it anymore. I didn’t find any of the characters compelling or appealing in any way. I want men to be MEN!
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:13:06 AM PST
by
jnygrl
(A big mouth coupled with a small mind is a dangerous combination)
To: AU72
Perry Mason: Special Criminal Victim’s Unit, or something like that.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:13:33 AM PST
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dr.zaeus
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
IMO, one would have to have nothing going on in one’s life to be an avid watcher of network television....I watch Friday Night Lights but that’s about it. The Discovery channel gets the most airtime in my house.
To: Lexington Green
Many shows, esp. cop shows and "House," feature women giving orders to the men. Consider "Law and Order, SVU"---female (black) captain in many of the episodes; "NCIS," Lauren Holly plays the "Director" in charge of the outfit; "Shark" (first season)Jeri Ryan was Stark's boss; and on all these shows, the chics are gun-toting toughies---CSI, Criminal Minds, Numbers, and many others.
Only on "the Unit" are the men portrayed as real men and the women as strong women.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:14:31 AM PST
by
LS
To: Lexington Green
“The white male shall always be portrayed as a dunce.”
A lot of people think this is a joke, but it’s not. White males will always be the brunt. It’s almost like a hierarchy. If you’re a member of one “protected” group, you may be the brunt, but only by one of similar status, or one who is the member of more than one protected group.
Take note one night of just the commercials and mark it down, you’ll be surprised....or not
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:14:55 AM PST
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bobd400
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
I watch Supernatural on the CW. Don’t like the ads for most of their shows, but do like that. Sam and Dean do not seem at all weak.
To: jnygrl
They are men, habitually confused by the women in their lives and primarily driven by sex.
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:15:34 AM PST
by
discostu
(a mountain is something you don't want to %^&* with)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
I don’t watch the propaganda machine very much at all.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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posted on
11/15/2007 9:17:22 AM PST
by
sauropod
("Nobody has time for your priceless prose. Get to the point." - Jim Michaels RIP 2007)
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