Boycott Showtime- The United States of Tara
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:04 pm
Boycott Showtime
I watched the 1st episode of the new TV show "The United States of Tara" on the Showtime website. What malicious trash! Now every time I think back to it I get angry or upset.
The show is a cartoonish comedy about a woman with multiple personalities. (There's a previous thread that included a conversation about the show here.)
During the whole episode there wasn't one moment of introspection on Tara's part or one word from anyone about how she got the way she is (which is nothing like any DID sufferer I've ever known). She was an object, a flamboyant crazy who was there to entertain, titillate and mess up the lives of all those around her.
DID sufferers became multiple through violent ongoing abuse starting in early childhood- incest, childhood prostitution, forced involvement in pornography, ritual abuse, living amidst extreme violence in war zones, etc. First we had to live through all that; and now we have to put up with being objectified and denigrated by Hollywood shills. These TV writers and producers are obviously morally bankrupt and have run out of ideas- a very bad combination.
At first I thought seriously about organizing a boycott of Showtime, but consensus among friends is that the show is so bad that it's probably going to fail anyway. For me though, watching this was the last straw. Not only am I dumping cable, I'm dumping TV altogether. Next month (in the US) TV switches to a new system for which we are supposed to spend money to upgrade to. Well, not me. I've decided to opt out altogether- i.e get a larger screen to hook up to my computer and when I want to watch something, search for an informative, commercial-free show on the internet (or else watch a DVD).
This New York Times article talks about a new trend:
SAN FRANCISCO — The global credit crisis may have caused the decline in consumer and business spending that is assaulting the giants of high tech. But as the dominant technology companies try to emerge from this slump, they may find themselves blaming people like David Title just as much as they blame Wall Street.
Mr. Title, a 35-year-old new-media manager at a film production company in New York, has dropped his cable subscription and moved to watching most of his television online — free. While shopping for a new laptop for his girlfriend recently, he sidestepped more expensive full-featured computers and picked a bare-bones, $200 Asus EeePC laptop, also known as a netbook.
"We've reached one of those moments in tech history when there are low-priced and free alternatives that are both user-friendly and reliable enough to make the switch," Mr. Title said. "Then there's the extra bonus of saving some cash."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/techn ... technology
To hell with TV!
I watched the 1st episode of the new TV show "The United States of Tara" on the Showtime website. What malicious trash! Now every time I think back to it I get angry or upset.
The show is a cartoonish comedy about a woman with multiple personalities. (There's a previous thread that included a conversation about the show here.)
During the whole episode there wasn't one moment of introspection on Tara's part or one word from anyone about how she got the way she is (which is nothing like any DID sufferer I've ever known). She was an object, a flamboyant crazy who was there to entertain, titillate and mess up the lives of all those around her.
DID sufferers became multiple through violent ongoing abuse starting in early childhood- incest, childhood prostitution, forced involvement in pornography, ritual abuse, living amidst extreme violence in war zones, etc. First we had to live through all that; and now we have to put up with being objectified and denigrated by Hollywood shills. These TV writers and producers are obviously morally bankrupt and have run out of ideas- a very bad combination.
At first I thought seriously about organizing a boycott of Showtime, but consensus among friends is that the show is so bad that it's probably going to fail anyway. For me though, watching this was the last straw. Not only am I dumping cable, I'm dumping TV altogether. Next month (in the US) TV switches to a new system for which we are supposed to spend money to upgrade to. Well, not me. I've decided to opt out altogether- i.e get a larger screen to hook up to my computer and when I want to watch something, search for an informative, commercial-free show on the internet (or else watch a DVD).
This New York Times article talks about a new trend:
SAN FRANCISCO — The global credit crisis may have caused the decline in consumer and business spending that is assaulting the giants of high tech. But as the dominant technology companies try to emerge from this slump, they may find themselves blaming people like David Title just as much as they blame Wall Street.
Mr. Title, a 35-year-old new-media manager at a film production company in New York, has dropped his cable subscription and moved to watching most of his television online — free. While shopping for a new laptop for his girlfriend recently, he sidestepped more expensive full-featured computers and picked a bare-bones, $200 Asus EeePC laptop, also known as a netbook.
"We've reached one of those moments in tech history when there are low-priced and free alternatives that are both user-friendly and reliable enough to make the switch," Mr. Title said. "Then there's the extra bonus of saving some cash."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/techn ... technology
To hell with TV!