I do remember the last time. It was when watching P. T. Anderson’s Magnolia with a good friend at University. That epic masterpiece has a 20-30 minute something scene that just left us gasping. In truth, we felt run over by the empathy steamroller and it left us breathless for the better part of the evening.
To believe such a concept would make it in a TV-format would be like believing Tom Selleck is ever gonna shave off that mustasch. But he could still – and yes, it (the concept) could actually, to my big surprise, make the transition. It just did.
Today I watched the 8th episode of the 2nd season of Nip/Tuck. The show has been great up until this point. It is now heavenly.
Sean: “Please. I need to believe in something.”
Woman: “No. Don’t you get it? There is nothing to believe in anymore.”
I now ask two things of you:
1) Get me the soundtrack to this episode – there isn’t any, I know… make one!
2) Explain to me why the same TV rapes our minds with reality shows.
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