From: "Eddie Bernard"
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Subject: Re: Coming this fall...
Date: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:31 AM
>True. I suppose if anything will help shed the image that MITM has got in
>this country of it being a "children's programme" then that surely would.
Given the nature of MITM, I just always keep thinking it has to be
something
else besides anything we imagine. That's the way it usually goes.
>I'm just not convinced it's entirely the right direction to move into.
>They've done really well to go this far without really going into these
>details. It's been a real refre****ng change to see this approach... here
>in the UK it seems to be inbuilt into the writers that if they're writing
>a sitcom they must include *** and swearing. It just isn't funny any
more.
Absolutely right. Nothing can throw all imagination out the window like a
good old pairing of a teen boy and girl. Then everything trickles down to
the usual innuendos, jokes, circumstances, language, and caricatures that
normally get associated with that sort of thing on TV. Seen and heard it
all before, thanks...:(
Malcolm gets a GF in Season 4, and that is exactly what happened in the
episode. It sacrificed imagination for the most part in favor of being
"relevant" to "address the issues" of teen dating. If they make it a
habit
of doing that, it will be just like any other show on television instead
of
enjoying its position as a standout.
>> If this is the direction they are going, makes me wonder what the
>> episode 'Malcolm films Reese' is all about.... :)
>
>Heh, yeah. I must admit I raised an eyebrow when I read that title.
Perhaps either Malcolm has joined a film club, is trying to get evidence
that Reese did something he got the blame for instead, or is trying to
acquit Reese of something he was accused of and didn't do.
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