>On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:36:52 GMT, "ottomatic" <spamout@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>3) The "Touched By an Angel" Message Show vibe skews older and
>allegedly religious -- although, IMO, the show's more liberal,
>tolerant-skewing message actuallly *alienated* the closeminded,
>literalist evangelicals who were the target audience for "TBAA." So
>[JOA]'s premise turned off liberals before they watched the show
>due to the quasi-religious premise and it turned off fundamentalists
>after *they* saw the show and what was left was those of us who just
>didn't give a **** either way, tried the show just for the hell of it
>(pun not intended, but appreciated) and stuck around as the show
>quickly proved itself to confound every pre-existing notion about it.
In other words, Joan Of Arcadia was for people who could actually
*think* -- whether or not you have liberal or conservative
predispositions to begin with, as long as you have an open mind to
novel ideas about God and the meaning of life. But people who wanted
a pat, standard-issue message (Touched By An Angel for
fundamentalists, West Wing for liberals) would have a hard time
getting past JOA's Zen-like elusiveness and playfulness.
In hindsight, this would have been much better as a series of three or
four moderate budget movies, or possibly even a series of novels,
where the sole author could have done whatever he or she wanted, with
total creative control (especially in a novel or series of novels),
without the executives constantly trying to steer the show for higher
ratings.
Anyone else care to suggest other shows that should have been done as
movies or novels, for the sake of total creative integrity and
creative control by the creator? One that comes to my mind was a very
short-lived but brilliant UPN show, Nowhere Man. One could make the
case that the entire Star Trek phenomena might have been better as
series of novels -- real novels, with a sole author, not the canned
crap that's been churned out over the years. Others?
Steve O.
"Spying On The College Of Your Choice" -- How to pick the college that is
the Best Match for a high school student's needs.
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