Nothing to see here - TV sucks edition
When did television become such a freak show? For years I haven’t watched anything other than sporting events and Comedy Central (and decorating shows, of course, when Louise is watching with me). I wanted something to keep me company while I ate my food in the hotel room, and there are, like, 10 channels to choose from, so I’m spinning the dial. I can’t believe the miserable state of what passes for entertainment, much less news. Aaron Brown’s smirk on CNN is stomach turning. An ABC Health Watch report was three meaningless sentences. An NBC reporter was scraping away the emotional scabs of one of the air traffic controllers from 9/11. And now, on CBS’s 48 hours, Leslie Stahl is amazed at how twins separated at birth look and act so much alike. I couldn’t even get through the so-called dramatic shows on the other channels. Even ESPN is showing golf. Christ. What nonsense.
About the only entertaining thing I found was when I flipped through the list of porn movies offered by the hotel. The Naughy Nurses video attempts to entice viewers with the label “Dialog Free.” After what I’ve seen tonight, I actually thing porn dialog would be a step up.
Friday, June 18th, 2004 @ 7:45 pm 
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June 22nd, 2004 at 5:15 pm
So it has come to this.
Are we so base in our lusts that we won’t stand for a few minutes of dialog in our porn?
As a writer, no one understands more how many agonizing hours someone might spend, placing just the right “oh baby” or “harder!” into a scene.
These are hard working people!
Another lost art. Sniff.