North American T.V. shows spend too much time on the following:
1. Telling you what you're about to see.
2. Telling what you've just seen.
Is it just to save money by padding the thing out?
or do they assume the average North American viewer
has the attention span of a goldfish?
regards
Titus
Feed the people garbage, keep them dumb, encourage ridiculous levels of consumerism and they won't cause any trouble. It usually works. Happy daze.
ReplyDeleteOh and by the way a fart is much better than a Trump.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to work for far too many. It must be frustrating for the rest.
DeleteThat's what the fast-forward button is for!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I bet you guys become adept at remote control manipulation!
DeleteJust tryin' to keep up with the government!
DeleteIt's "The Big Pharma Dope Show" 24/7. Keeping the people medicated and entertained since July 1, 1941. "America runs on Bulova Time"'.
ReplyDeleteI had to Google Bulova Time. That is new to me. Nice one Craig
ReplyDeleteThe worst part of the "What you're about to see" clips is that, if you use any amount of deductive reasoning, these clips give away important plot points before they ever come up. Further, the American versions of competition shows are far more loud, obnoxious and overly-dramatic than their counterparts from other countries. The manufactured drama drives me crazy. Subtlety is non-existent in American television.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately it creeps into other cultures.
DeleteWhy any other culture would want to emulate us is beyond me. We have to be the collectively dumbest country in the world right now.
DeleteIt's a subtle/insidious form of back door invasion known as 'cultural imperialism' where you subsume & out-compete native culture by introducing US imports.
DeleteSupport your countries own movies, music, TV, books, food, languague etc. or see it disappear forever.
Send the barbarians at the gate packing.
I just saw the TV serial Mr Bates against Post Office and was amazed to see something on TV that wasn't Ntflx or Amzn bullshit non sense. I spent two evenings looking to TV, enjoying every moment, learning a story I wasn't aware of, and saying to myself : I haven't lost precious time. Sometimes you still stumble on great documents on TV. But of course it wasn't on a commercial channel but on ARTE which, imho, is the best channel by far in old Europe.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Paris
Impressed you took the time Derek. The post office's behavior has been terrible.
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