So I watch E! It is not world-shaking, earth-shattering journalism, but it's a start. The people one finds on this channel are experts on one thing: Los Angeles. Let me be a bit more clear. They are experts on celebrity culture in Los Angeles. And to a degree, aren't we all? George Clooney is dating that what's her name... Chelsea Handler spent a few romantic evenings with 50 Cent... Taylor Swift is with whom?
We are all accessories to the crime.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Fair and Balanced!
So I am sitting in my room waiting for the Comcast guy to fix our cable. It occurs to me that I rely on my TV for nothing less than daily sustenance: MSNBC, Comedy Central, ESPN, E! and Fox News. “Fox News -- Always good for a laugh!”
That, not “Fair and Balanced,” should be their slogan.
And now, actually, my internet won’t work, so I am doublef*cked and composing this on fancy stylish Pages, MacBook style. Last month it occurred to me to start blogging about TV, and I had this day, March 5th, picked out for whatever reason to begin.
But on Oscars night I got all flush and had to pound out three or four paragraphs to make me smile about the whole affair. “Argo” winning kinda pissed me off, but who the hell I am I? Lots of people loved that movie. Brain dead people perhaps, but people.
Daniel Tosh had it right when he questioned the whole enterprise: save the six people who snuck out, too bad about the sixty still in the embassy? Some hero you are, Ben Affleck. Anyway, I’m not even supposed to be writing about the movies. TV is the game here, and actually, Tosh is a good place to begin.
But we’ll do that in a couple days, when I do a few paragraphs on the most important channel on the dial, Comedy Central... See you back here on March 7th.
That, not “Fair and Balanced,” should be their slogan.
And now, actually, my internet won’t work, so I am doublef*cked and composing this on fancy stylish Pages, MacBook style. Last month it occurred to me to start blogging about TV, and I had this day, March 5th, picked out for whatever reason to begin.
But on Oscars night I got all flush and had to pound out three or four paragraphs to make me smile about the whole affair. “Argo” winning kinda pissed me off, but who the hell I am I? Lots of people loved that movie. Brain dead people perhaps, but people.
Daniel Tosh had it right when he questioned the whole enterprise: save the six people who snuck out, too bad about the sixty still in the embassy? Some hero you are, Ben Affleck. Anyway, I’m not even supposed to be writing about the movies. TV is the game here, and actually, Tosh is a good place to begin.
But we’ll do that in a couple days, when I do a few paragraphs on the most important channel on the dial, Comedy Central... See you back here on March 7th.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Oscars
The Oscars are a little bit like a 16-story building with only ten floors occupied. Looks nice, but kind of empty. But the results are interesting and culturally relevant, so I tolerate them yearly like the rest of us. OK I enjoy them.
Seth MacFarlane was funny and surprisingly natural. Ten years ago you would not have guessed that the voice of Stewie would be hosting the Oscars, but after his success with "Ted," this year, Hollywood began, I think, to take him seriously, and come to think of it, the opening to "Family Guy" would fit right alongside any Oscars telecast, and MacFarlane has always had an itch to musicalize up his episodes. So he actually fit right in.
Hollywood can't ever help itself when it comes to politics, but it gets confused sometimes. Picking Jon Stewart to host: awesome. Booing Michael Moore when he railed against the Iraq War four days after it started in 2003: not cool. (The Dixie Chicks were right...)
"The Hurt Locker" winning for Best Picture? Baloney. Art consoles, it does not dig up further hurt. But "The King's Speech," and "The Artist" winning for the same award the last two years? Lovely. This year's Oscars surprised me for two reasons: one, my sister and her boyfriend Mike came to watch with me, and two, Jennifer Lawrence was too busy to come by and make it a nice foursome. Happy Oscar.
Seth MacFarlane was funny and surprisingly natural. Ten years ago you would not have guessed that the voice of Stewie would be hosting the Oscars, but after his success with "Ted," this year, Hollywood began, I think, to take him seriously, and come to think of it, the opening to "Family Guy" would fit right alongside any Oscars telecast, and MacFarlane has always had an itch to musicalize up his episodes. So he actually fit right in.
Hollywood can't ever help itself when it comes to politics, but it gets confused sometimes. Picking Jon Stewart to host: awesome. Booing Michael Moore when he railed against the Iraq War four days after it started in 2003: not cool. (The Dixie Chicks were right...)
"The Hurt Locker" winning for Best Picture? Baloney. Art consoles, it does not dig up further hurt. But "The King's Speech," and "The Artist" winning for the same award the last two years? Lovely. This year's Oscars surprised me for two reasons: one, my sister and her boyfriend Mike came to watch with me, and two, Jennifer Lawrence was too busy to come by and make it a nice foursome. Happy Oscar.
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