tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900182768800020200.post7550216967794455574..comments2023-09-04T01:47:25.769-07:00Comments on Skazski. . musings of a malcontent (formerly Why? . . . thoughts of an angry old woman): Junk TVRegan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900182768800020200.post-6131802542614344362009-03-01T08:54:00.000-08:002009-03-01T08:54:00.000-08:00Apropos to what Ray said, what's often described a...Apropos to what Ray said, what's often described as "mature content" in the land of today's TV is often puerile; frat-boyish. <BR/><BR/>I would say that it's not actually a dumbing down of America, but rather an infantilization of America (your previous post on smokers is a good example of this, where black and white, zero-tolerance judgments become the norm). But either way you see it, there are a lot of people with <A HREF="http://xdell.blogspot.com/2006/03/not-enough-stupid-people.html" REL="nofollow">a lot at stake</A> in maintaining a dull citizenry.X. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561609651507566271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900182768800020200.post-16172854862859731002009-02-27T23:53:00.000-08:002009-02-27T23:53:00.000-08:00I'm not a prude. I just find most of the so-calle...I'm not a prude. I just find most of the so-called mature content on TV to be just stupid, especially when a 10 year old kid in a sitcom reads dialogue obviously written by a smirking adult.<BR/><BR/>Ever see the movie, "Network?" It predicted the rise of "reality" TV and pseudo-news.<BR/><BR/>RayRay Palm (Ray X)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01600471069648853966noreply@blogger.com