The F Word

I know we're supposed to write about whatever television program we watched this week but on the independent film channel was a movie title "The F Word" with a very intrigueing premise. The story goes that in New York, Joe (the radio announcer of "The F word") is being shut down by the FCC because of this obcene remarks. Now instead of having a "best of" show for his last broadcast he decides to go out to the streets of New York and find out what people think about what is going in this country. This film is taped like a documentary style but is instead a drama and takes place during the week that the Republican Nation Convention is in town for the 2004 election and the day that Bush is going to accept his nomination for president. The documentary style of the film oftentimes makes it hard to see when something is real and is not. After watching the movie I must say that I was mortified. It made me just think "Why did I not do anything?" At the time this movie takes place I was still in high school. I worked a meiger job as a busboy at an italian restaurant but I still knew what was going on then and still know what is going on now. The world is changing. America is changing and it's not for the better. In the film you see all the different viewpoints of the political scene. From anti-bush democrats participating in the march against Bush rally with over five hundred thousand attendees, to the five or six republicans that honestly wanted to march right along side the democrats in a peaceful protest, to the single mom who did not attend the protest for fear that it would endanger her only child. It really gives you a spectrum of things. I must say that the most poinent part of the film is when the mayor of New York is addressing the RNC. In his speech he says "Welcome to my New York" after he utters these words it cuts to a biker being arrested for just crossing the street "This is you New York" again the same biker is almost vicisausly beaten by the cops. This is the better America? This is the great society Bush has brought? Well over one thousand people were arrested that day (actual fact), most were just wanting to express there opinions as. I mean that is what America is all about right? That's what makes us special if we have a problem with the government or how it is run we can protest and change it.....right? Yes there a lot of sides to this issue, and yes we are dealing with arguments and paradigms that stretch FAR beyond the years of our lives or even those of our parents. But at the end of the day what are we? Yes we're americans but what does being an american mean? Does it mean that we should bend over, accept and even trust our government and it's actions? Or is it instead a fear and hate of this system that our founding fathers created. Maybe it's neither. Maybe being an american is expressing yourself and how you feel or what you think. Be it with words or actions, or neither I think the point, the real truth, is to just do it. Go out and express yourself in whatever way you feel fit. And if the government has a problem with that .......THEN FUCK THEM.

Scrubs.....

So you know that episode where those two people that your just routing for to get together FINALLY hook up? Yea that was this episode. Elliot and J.D. had some mad lovin goin on all day. I am pretty sure they liked each other since the show started. Everytime I saw them together in a scene all I could think was "Why don't they just get it on already?!" This was lead up to by the following series of events. J.D. started dating the hospital psychologist. but when perchaset starts missing Elliot (obviously jealous at J.D.'s relationship) accuses therapy lady. J.D. takes this as jealousy when Elliot confronts him with her suspicions, shrugs her off and says "You had your chance". Later when therapy lady and him are about to do it J.D. reaches into her purse to fetch a mint and instead finds the missing Perchaset. He confronts his pill popping girlfriend and they break up. J.D. apologizes to Elliot and to everyones surprise Elliot confesses her jealousy and longing for J.D. by ravaging him. this episode picks up where that one leaves off with Elliot and JD in a relationship. But as they soon find out sometimes relationships aren't as easy as people make it seem. And sometimes two people can love each other more than the world but just aren't meant to be. I have my own personal reasons for liking this episode, but i thought this episode showed how unique Scrubs really is. Instead of showing the happy couple getting together you see that relationships arent all flowers and candy. They take work and they have problems. It was a very real approach the show took to relationships and for that I commend them.

Fairly Odd Parents......

Albeit it is not an adult nor thought provoking show but i think that is why I like it so much. the show is about one very down and out boy name Timmy Turner. Who one day gets two god parents (Wandy and Cosmo) to grant his every wish. There are several rules that come along with having fairy god parents, but the number one rule is that you cannot let anyone that you have fairys. This rule was almost broken one episode when Timmy loaned a very sad girl his fairy god parents on her birthday.

The Queer Soluion and other things

Stupid blogger not letting me post all today, grr. Anyways The queer solution, personally i thought it was an attack against homesexuals at first. But after reading it I realized that it was actually showing how gay people are discrimnated against. I have always liked Will and Grace as well as friends, but once I thought back to how they viewed gender roles I realized that they were actually making fun of those roles. Like on Friends Ross's ex-wife i forget her name and her lesbian lover raise Ross's son together. Now while on the outside it may seem that NBC is showing lesbian couple in a positive light once you watch how the other cast members react and talk about the lesbian couple they are actually being made fun of on numerous occasions. This is to a lesser extent on Will and Grace I think. Will is a gay lawyer and while he may sometimes play the steroetypical gay man oftentimes you would never tell he is gay. Jack on the other hand is flamboyent, makes overly exaggerated gestures with his hands, and loves talking intimately about shopping. This show has some stereotypes not because Jack but Grace, she plays the traditional women gender role. She runs a interior design firm, is nervous, is waiting for "her perfect man" to come along and make her happy and she cannot solve problems on her own many times. Personally my view on gay people is that they are just like everyone else. They work, they date, they raise children. They are just like us in every way shape and form except for the fact that instead of being romantically involved with the opposite sex they prefer the same sex and thats it! A person's personally life should be theres only and no one elses. Again sorry for the late post but either blogger was down or my computer just was not working. Now I'm off to work on my paper for next week! Fun stuff.....