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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Rambi who wrote (36871)5/6/1999 7:49:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
Penni, my point was that I do not think I am unique. I think there are a lot of people like me out there. That is, people who, for one reason or another, do not watch much TV, and who although they may have HEARD of Dick Van Dyke or Andy Griffith, have never actually SEEN them.

For obvious reasons, we indeed do not count to the people who produce the TV shows a "large segment of America" watches. But we SHOULD count to the people who generalize about America solely on the basis of what this "large segment" chooses to see. Aren't we Americans, too? (That was the point of my syllogism.)

WHy exactly do you say that nudie or shoot em up don't respond?

You spoke of shows that respond to the longings of "THEIR" audiences, and then added that we all share those same longings. 1) Different shows have different audiences, with differing "needs" and "longings". 2) Do I have the same needs and longings as a Jerry Springer audience, for example? (I did watch THAT one once. Ho, Ho!) Do you? I doubt it.

Joan

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