Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
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There are some people for whom it will always be too soon, but that doesn't mean we have to reduce ourselves to silence.
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So many of these reality shows sound so egregious on paper. The automatic response when you hear this is to think, 'Oh man, how low can we sink?' But it's all going to depend on how it's executed.
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How television and the culture are absorbing Katrina is certainly different than how they absorbed Sept. 11. Four years ago, all culture was put on pause. But people have continued to watch comedies and dramas and reality shows throughout, even when things were at their grimmest.
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No one would ever likely confuse reality TV with Masterpiece Theatre.
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Reality TV comes along and it proceeds to marry with every other type of program and have offspring. We've got reality TV married to a talent show ? 'Nashville Star' and 'American Idol.' And now I think the same is happening with home improvement shows.
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He still has some of the same mystique, but now the mystery has flopped from an asset to a liability. 'Who is the real Michael Jackson?' is not a question people want to ask anymore, when you're accused of something like this.
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rough contrivance to lift from the social conscience a burden that should not be either lifted or lightened in any way.
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I must admit, I am little giddy right now.
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(His videos were) adding a new dimension, ... I mean, Michael Jackson was a good musician, but I don't think the music would have been what it was without the moonwalk, without that extraordinary choreography that he splashed onto the screen.
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It's so dense. There are so many mysteries going on. It's the perfect show for internet speculating.
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It becomes very clear that the oil industry wants to develop 100 percent of the North Slope - the land and the ocean.
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So when we're watching The Sopranos in reruns ten years from now, on a big-screen, it will still look good.
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(His videos were) adding a new dimension. I mean, Michael Jackson was a good musician, but I don't think the music would have been what it was without the moonwalk, without that extraordinary choreography that he splashed onto the screen.