"Richard Lockwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I rest my case. If Buffy is the best TV that can be made by commercial > television companies, they need to be outlawed. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is > the worst television show I've *ever* seen.
Then either you are not watching enough television or you are not watching Buffy closely enough. Buffy was a show for teenagers making clear the complexity of modern adult life. It built a consistent model of the world within the genre of fantasy/science fiction. It tackled real adult issues like sex and death and responsibility without talking down to anyone, sermonizing or being disrespectfull. At the same time it was amusing, well acted had good special effects and challenging story lines. You are quite wrong if you think it was bad. Like Keats it can be shown, objectively, to be good work. I would remind you that US commerical television also produced 24. I personally don't like it but it is innovative. And the West Wing. Again, not my favourite but it is challenging being neither cynical not cloying about politicians. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
