I’m still around and doing my thing, whatever that is, but I’m going through a hyper-critical period where I’m really hard on *everything* I watch or read. I suppose everyone gets those moods whether they acknowledge them or not. Right now I only like stuff I already like such as books by Terry Pratchett. So I've been kinda quiet because I figured I didn't need to spread my ill will around to folks who were minding their own business and not bothering anyone.
I’m kind of questioning my judgement and wondering if the things that are bothering me are just me or if other people feel the same way. Take HBO Productions for example. They do some really worthwhile television. I’m not going to list shows here because you already know what they are, but so much of what HBO does is unnecessarily dirty. I don’t know another word for it except filthy and I’m not into sorting synonyms right now. Even though most HBO Productions have amazing scripts and fabulous actors, directors and production people, they still feel the need for gratuitous nudity and so much swearing that’s it’s blue. Do the people at HBO think that their viewing public is so base that they won’t watch something unless they insert topless women into everything they do and use obscene language about every third word? I never thought of myself as a prude, but I frequently catch myself averting my eyes from the screen because I feel embarrassed to see the way women are used for cheap titillation. It bothers me.
Right now I’m watching Carnivale and it has an intriguing storyline and I really am interested in what happens next, but it’s gotten so nasty dirty that I’m tempted to just quit watching it. This is why I question myself. I wonder about the cause of my discomfort. Men’s bodies aren't used in the same way that women’s are and it feels wrong. Understand, I don’t want to see a parade of weenies getting equal time, but why is it only okay to use women in this way and not men? It feels sexist and violating somehow and I’m sorry that women are participating so willingly in their own objectification.
I’m just going to wait out reviewing for a bit until I find something I really like or this mood passes because I don’t like to trash other people’s work unless those people are politicians of course. They earn whatever blowback they get. So instead, I’m going to insert a picture floating around Facebook today that I really like.
It’s called Woman Hits Neo-Nazi with Purse.
