{"id":10703,"date":"2017-08-02T08:23:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=10703"},"modified":"2017-08-02T08:23:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T13:23:27","slug":"tv-shows-reflecting-todays-mythos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/08\/02\/tv-shows-reflecting-todays-mythos\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Shows Reflecting Today’s Mythos?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend on Facebook<\/strong><\/em> summarizes a show plot:<\/p>\n

We were watching an episode of “Vega$” last night where a man was framed for murder. They never explained how it was pulled off, but during the course of the show, the framee:
\n– Assaulted a jail guard
\n– Impersonated said jail guard
\n– Escaped jail
\n– Stole a truck
\n– Kidnapped a TV reporter
\n– Assaulted another person (who was involved with the frame)
\n…And during the final scene, he was the guest of honor at a show featuring his paintings at the Desert Inn. I guess if you were framed for the original crime, you’re excused from anything else?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But let’s back up. A couple of decades ago, the violence wouldn’t have been necessary because the bad guys would have left a thread (or three) loose, and the victim (or the show’s star) would have grasped that thread and unwoven the entire tapestry of evil.<\/p>\n

Today, apparently[1]<\/a><\/sup>, it’s all about the action and violence because evil is too darn competent. Is this a reflection of the entire right wing ranting radio hosts?<\/p>\n

Oh, where’s Peter Falk<\/a> when you need him? Or 12 Angry Men<\/strong><\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n

\n

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\n1<\/sup>My TV watching habits do not follow the latest hits. For example, Game of Thrones<\/strong><\/em> is just a name to me. Maybe most shows are more cerebral. Nyaaaaaaaaaaaah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A friend on Facebook summarizes a show plot: We were watching an episode of “Vega$” last night where a man was framed for murder. They never explained how it was pulled off, but during the course of the show, the framee: – Assaulted a jail guard – Impersonated said jail \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10704,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10703\/revisions\/10704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}