This morning it seems everyone is talking about Jack. I mean, I can understand the obsession, having once been a victim of it. But no longer. Season 6 of 24 was definitely not one of the best. Not even good enough to keep me hooked.
But the real reason I've lost my love for Jack Bauer, is that Erin spoke to me about Jack's character in academic terms. She said he was the perfect post-9/11 hero because his quest is for the truth, and what is right. We have complete faith in Jack's abilities to lead us. So let's face it, this show is really about the Bush administration. In other words, everything I hate (I dare say most of us hate) about those Americans who support those in power. It's about being absolutely convinced that you are right, no matter what happens in the world around you.
Call me fickle.
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I'm so happy to read this. Thanks Erin. I couldn't agree more with you ;)
On The Hour, James Cromwell said that this tv show was fascist. James Cromwell is the guy who played Jack's father. I never watched one sole episode of 24 and I'm not gonna. I prefer Triumph of the Will. I work with people who are going nuts over this tv series. I can't stand them. Welcome to the cold machine of reality...
signé,
a bleeding heart liberal-conservative
goodness may, you make me sound so gosh-darned smart. slavoj zizek really deserves the credit, but you, my dear, put it much more concisely than both mr. zizek or i ever could.
I suppose if your friend told you to jump off a bridge, you'd do that too? Her influence relative to your television viewing habits ironically seems somewhat fascist - and even more frightening thany any influence a TV show might have. I'd suggest you watch the show because you like it or don't like it. Pretty basic with any individual who is capable of thinking for his or herself. A little research done on Keifer Sutherland's background or interviews that some self-important academic didn't do might help just a little to put things in context - and that's putting things mildly. Bush administration? Hardly. And I'm afraid mathchabot is also steering you wrong - if mathchabot additionally knew anything at all about James Cromwell's background, Cromwell calling the show fascist (surely biting the hand that feeds it?) is just as ridiculous. P.S. It's a friggin' TV show - not foreign policy. And matchabout - what a strange source for polarizing his/her opinion relative to an individual/co-worker's character.
Okay, anonymous, I appreciate that you may disagree with me, but I don't appreciate being insulted this way.
I am very much capable of thinking for myself, thank you. But I am also capable of having smart, instructive conversations with my friends, sharing ideas and opinions. Sometimes I agree with other people's opinions, it does not mean that I don't have my own, it just means that I listen and am interested in what people have to say.
And your comment on it being just a TV show is, frankly, completely ignorant. TV shows are never just TV shows, they're comments on our society, on our concerns and preoccupations, in the same way that books, magazines or newspapers are.
No disrespect intended - and I apologize.. respectfully however and most relative to your comment as it might pertain to my perceived complete ignorance of TV shows made me laugh! I'm not ignorant at all. Actually - quite the contrary - to put it mildly, (and you'll just have to take my word for it) I'm in the business. Simplistically, people create, yes. Simplistically, people also destroy, or rather - sit on the sidelines instead of getting some fresh air and deconstruct. It's called nihilsm and quite a few of us television types disagree with such an approach. Over and out.
Anonymous,
Apology accepted. And thanks for coming back to read my reply.
As for your "perceived" ignorance, I see now that it may just be a product of "being in the business" as you say. Sometimes, when we're too close to something, too much in the thick of it, we have trouble analysing it from a different perspective. It's all a question of POV. I am in the documentary television business, and so I see fiction television from a very different perspective. It's not nihilism, it's just a different way of seeing things. Although you are right in saying that I sit in the sidelines and deconstruct. I do deconstruct, I'll give you that, but my intention was never to destroy.
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