Monday, February 02, 2004

Inexorable moves in TV Posted here Monday, February 02, 2004 at 11:41:39 AM     From NBC Viewers who tuned in expecting a big-time football game saw the Super Bowl of Sleaze instead. Sexy and violent commercials that included jokes about flatulence and bestiality mercilessly interrupted the CBS telecast of Super Bowl XXXVIII from Houston last night, making it a dubious choice for family viewing. Comment: the trend in TV is toards real sex and real death. It is the "strange attractor", the deep lure, of the medium. It will move inexorably in that direction. ********