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To: epicure who wrote (36920)	5/6/1999 11:34:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Nor am I sure what your point is, X. Did you read all my posts? I started off, in a message commenting on an article Edwarda posted, by saying something to the effect that I thought it wrong to generalize about Americans as a whole from commercial sitcoms that SOME of them watch. I still hold that view. Of course, as I have said already, the people who produce the shows don't care what I think, since I am not part of their market. But I was not talking about the producers of the shows. I was talking about the people who say Americans generally share the attitudes permeating those shows, or are molded by them, or whatever, because it leaves out of account those people who do NOT watch those particular shows. My point was one of logic, really. Shutting yourself off from sitcoms is like shutting yourself off from slang, or rap or any other shorthand for dispersion of new ideas. Surely you jest. I am not "shutting myself off" from sitcoms. Why should I watch something I don't like? Life is short, and there are too many good books to read, too many places to travel to, too many interesting people to meet, too many museums to visit, too many good concerts to go to, etc., etc. IMO, there are much better sources for the "dispersion of new ideas" than sitcoms... Joan

To: epicure who wrote (36920)	5/7/1999 4:50:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I hate sitcoms, except for The Simpsons. I really identify with all of the Simpsons, at different times I feel just like Marge, just like Bart, just like Lisa, or even just like Homer. I think they are the realest thing I have ever seen on TV. I have tried to watch Seinfeld, I think I saw part of two episodes. The kids sometimes watch Home Improvement, and I will sit down for a few minutes, and laugh at something funny, but I don't stay for the whole thing. I probably have caught more of various sitcoms than I realize, because I generally read the paper in the living room, where the big-screen TV is. So I may catch part of some of the ones the kids watch, but other than the ones I mentioned, there are a couple with all black casts but I don't know the names. I know one of them has a guy who is really geeky. I have seen about 5 minutes of a dozen or so of those. Just don't appeal to me.