Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
|
I can't think of many (if any) TV entertainment programs that don't distort reality. Same for movies. I guess that's the basic attraction of "entertainment." It transports us out of the hum-drum or dispiriting portions of "reality" that fills much of our lives.
I love the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns. Applying your article's standards to them would be reason to discard them.
Sure, Cops is portrayed as "reality," but so are other TV "reality" shows which also distort "reality." For that matter, TV "news" programs are intentionally slanted to favor some preferred reality--and they go on and on, seemingly forever.