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We’re all going to fish. Soon.

22 May 2009, 11:26 am

Many of my american friends are horrified by the fact that I often watch Fox news: they’re liberal and cannot understand how I can get my news from such a conservative station. It’s very simple: I don’t. I watch Fox for another reason, that is entertainment value. And believe me, on that there’s no competition between say Glenn Beck and Rachel Maddow, and while the former entices me to the point of ecstasy (like when he weeps abundantly on air because he “loves America”) the latter bores me to tears (also because at the same time there are often Operation Repo reruns on Tru TV, and that’s hard to beat). Glenn is pure entertainment, and so are Hannity, Shep and Poppa Bear. Here are the first 4 messages from the brand new Glenn Beck twitter page:

  1. I like fish.
  2. we’re all going to die. Soon.
  3. this “tweet” thing pisses me off and besides, I can’t guarantee the train travel thing.
  4. This is my first ‘tweet’. I’ll try to keep the lying about train travel to a minimum.

Isn’t that sublime? Much better than any liberal tweeting (usually witty and coolish). I only have one perplexity: why does Fox label itself as Fair and Balanced? That’s not why I watch it: I do it for the exact opposite reason.

Categorie: politics, tv, usa.
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Taken by exhaustion

1 February 2009, 11:13 am

One of the very different things between the US and other places I’ve visited is the insistence of TV advertising, that sometimes produces a spectacular counter-effect, at least in me. Take Taken, for example, the Liam Neeson action thriller that opens this weekend. By now I know everything about this movie: they kidnap his daughters, he rescues them and kills all the bad guys. I heard over and over again about his “particular set of skills”, including the sexy tone he uses on the phone; skills that he’s “acquired in years and years” of better movies and now deploys in very predictable Hollywood flicks. “Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you”: you’re right Liam, they do, also thanks to a publicity budget that probably exceeds production costs.

I know that I’ve been watching way too much television here (always a good way to understand the local Pop culture), but I’ll keep doing that: compared to Taken, Bonanza reruns feel like Nouvelle Vague films.

Categorie: publicity, tv.
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