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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Shir - Mar 31, 2008 8:53:42 pm PDT #8557 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
P.M. Marc - Mar 31, 2008 9:04:19 pm PDT #8558 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Kristen, I think it was the Times, but it could have been the PI.
The big issue they had was the pulled from their asses, not from the headlines, victim. Who haunts our stern and sad police hero Dave. Or something.
Kristen - Mar 31, 2008 9:20:49 pm PDT #8559 of 10001
Ding ding ding. We have a winner. That was my biggest issue also. And related to that issue, the fauxictim is this fresh-faced, pretty, white kewpie doll. It's like the message you take away from that is, wow, clearly, these women were unimportant because someone felt the need to invent a better victim just to make the audience care. The whole thing seemed white-washed (and I actually do mean race) for Lifetime, while at the same time feeling incredibly exploitative and salacious.
Bah. I need to cleanse my brain now.
Shir - Mar 31, 2008 9:25:22 pm PDT #8560 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Now I feel like I miss a very interesting conversation.
Must read Natter faster.
P.M. Marc - Mar 31, 2008 9:36:20 pm PDT #8561 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, my head would have exploded. I mean, I have a lot of rage at the way the media covers victims who were possible or probable sex workers and the ways in which they're dehumanized in reporting to start with. So I think, yes. Boom.
meara - Mar 31, 2008 9:44:12 pm PDT #8562 of 10001
ahhh! April Fools Day has infected my websites! I went to look at comics and they were ALL WRONG!
Kristen - Mar 31, 2008 9:49:53 pm PDT #8563 of 10001
I kinda went close to boom myself. You know something's bad when I consider the highlight to be the 27 seconds that James Marsters was on screen as Ted Bundy. I mean, seriously.
I think I should stick to documentaries and news programs. These not-so-true-crime movies are pissing me off on a regular basis. I suppose they're geared towards people who don't know much about the actual cases. Said people are less likely to get irritated by the liberties they take.
Like, phone calls that never happened. Fuckers.
Theodosia - Apr 01, 2008 12:47:03 am PDT #8564 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
One of the hallmarks of seriously good true crime reporting is respecting the victims in the narrative, and remembering that it's their deaths that are the true reason for the story, not merely an oh-so-fascinating serial killer, and paying due respect to the detectives who work on these cases for literally their whole careers. Hollywoodizing a true story in the fashion described is a bit on the obscene side. FEH.
I've been more or less awake since 2:30 AM -- not even the Sonata sleeping pill I took around 3:30 has done me much good. Thank goodness I only have one class today....
tommyrot - Apr 01, 2008 12:58:52 am PDT #8565 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Time to kick the warm cat off my lap and go to work....
Tom Scola - Apr 01, 2008 1:15:23 am PDT #8566 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.