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> I'm still >>not sure about the Scott and "Hook Lady" thing. Also, >>Jeremy being a homosexual? that i didn't mind but his >>mother's reaction? We get enough of ignorance >>and inacceptance in real life, so do we need it the >>media? > >Why not? If they are going to present a "realistic" >show, they will have to deal with characters who >accept it, and with characters who reject it. Now, you >can argue that perhaps they should present a more >idealized world, where only one side--the "right" side >of any issue is presented. I know people who feel this >way--that entertainment should basically inspire and >uplift, presenting to all the world what we as a >people *should* be, rather than what we *are.* this is >a debate which goes back thousands of years, in a >sense (do we idealize the features on a sculpture of a >heroic general, or do we depict him with every >wrinkle, wart, and scar, as he really was?) So, in the >first place--what should BP do? Present high school as >it is, or as it ought to be? Who decides what it ought >to be? If it presents it as it is--what issues should >be dealt with? A lot more good issues are passed over >than are used, just because Kelley only gets 24 hours >out of a year to present them! Since every issue has >many ways of approaching it, which angles can be >sacrificed, and which ones *must* not be ignored? To >use the issue of Jeremy's sexuality--there are >different reasons people accept it, and different >reasons people reject it, each with their host of >rationales. Which ones do we deal with? Which ones do >you as a viewer wish had been dealt with, and why? > >I have several friend who are gay, and it >>doesn't bother me in the least. I do like brooke, I >>like the idea of the principal's daughter going to the >>same school, because i have a friend who is the >>principals son, so the whole "Brooke" thing is >>realistic and does happen. > >I went to high school with a gal who was the >principal's daughter. She was frequently called to the >office, and frequently teased about it. I do wish they >would *show* more of Brooke's peers' reactions to her >status. And by the way...I don't recall if the >daughter of the woman Steven was dating last year is >still supposed to be around. That might make some >interesting hallway background shots, at the very >least. > > i guess i am mostly >>talking to david e. kelley and the rest of the >>writers, but seriously, people are dying for our >>country, and a kid writes a fake columbine scene for >>some publicity? please from now on, stick to school >>issues, not just crazy stuff that the National >>Enquirer would think of. > >I don't know if that is all that far-fetched. I >remember after one nationally-headlined incident of >school violence, there were stories about kids who >went home to change clothes and put on make-up that >would make them more likely to be singled out by news >interviewers, and then calling each other to maximize >their chances of being interviewed by more than one >channel and/or commenting on how they looked on a >given station. The bottom line was that they were more >concerned with getting on TV than they were with the >fact that someone had committed a violent crime on >their campus. > > The bottom line is (and then >>i will quit ranting and raving, cause you guys are >>probably tired of hearing what i have to say) > >I'm not. > >Last >>season, I would kick myself if i missed an episode. >>Now, i really don't mind. I still like the show, but >>Mr. Kelley needs to think of some more school related >>issues. > >I feel the same way about missing an episode.
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