Continuing my criticism of the Averich attack in the new Jewish Action on the industry that feeds and houses him... According to Robert, Hollywood slavishly obeys the following rules: ... you will see gay couples on almost every show.[DB: The police procedurals dont have gay couples, nor does Parks and Recreation. 30 Rock and the Office didnt follow this rule either. I dont watch a whole lot of TV, so maybe all the rest of the shows do. Readers?] ... Dad is a clueless loving buffoon, while elegant long-suffering Mom puts up [with it] [DB: I cant think of a single show that follows this rule, other than Modern Family but Phil is just one of the HOHs depicted on the show. The other is gruff, alpha male, Jay Prichet. Hes no buffoon.] No one goes to church or synagouge. [DB: Shirley on Community goes to church. So did Kenneth on 30 Rock and Peggys mother on Mad Men. Grace, of Will and Grace was married in a shul, but I cant think of any regular daveners on TV. But Jews make up one percent of the population so why would I expect to see them on main stream TV?] The greatest threat to our planet are over population or [global warming] [DB: Oh. Robert is a global warning skeptic? How adorable. It cheers my heart to see screenwriters pontificate on subjects about which they know nothing. Still, I cant think of a single TV show from among the four or five I know that has ever commented on global warming or over population. Readers?] Republicans are stupid nasty bigots... with very bad skin: [DB: Roger Sterling and Burt Cooper on Mad Men, Jack on 30 Rock, Ron Fing Swanson on Parks, Kenneth on 30 Rock... all Republicans, all favorably depicted heroes, no skin problems.] Democrats are glamerous, brilliant, tolerant, saviors of man-kind: [DB: Fraizer Crane was depicted as brilliant, but he and his bother were also insufferable snobs. Liz Lemon never saved anyone and was certainly not as glamerous as Republican Jack.] A womans place is in the workplace [DB: Well, yes, because TV cant work without situations and a stay-at-home mom isnt going to find herself in the middle of too many of them. A show about a woman who cleans and shops doesnt sound too promising. Still Clair Dunfy stayed at home. So did Jerrys wife on Parks and Betty on Mad Men.] There are no Torah Jews in Hollywood. [DB: There are less than 1 million Torah Jews in the country. Lets not get greedy.] Zionism is invisible. [DB: So is communism, socialism, facism, and most of the other ism. You dont even see much feminism on TV anymore. Again, its a little stupid to complain that TV doesnt think it can create accesible entertainment using something most people dont know anything about. But of course for tin foil hat wearing Robert, TVs refusal to make a comedy about a couple of Young Israel attending Republicans can ony be understood as the result an anti-Semitic conspiracy. Go on. Roll your eyes. I already have.]
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 03:43:15 +0000
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