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the best thing from that freeman interview is how it's mostly about how important being a mod is to him
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm a minority and I somewhat I agree with him about multiculturalism. From what I understand, the UK's version of multiculturalism is a whole different thing where they have like separate schools, standards, and neighborhoods meant for certain ethnicities.  I can't even begin to imagine how you formed this opinion. Do you exclusively watch fox news?
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May 2, 2018 07:56
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I used to hate watch Douglas Murray and Richard Dawkins videos. There's one where Dawkins goes to an ultra religious muslim school in England somewhere and he's shocked they don't teach any science. Pretty sure he blamed multiculturalism or something. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiaY4DhjHUE Mu Zeta has a new favorite as of 08:16 on May 2, 2018 |
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May 2, 2018 08:13
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HEY HEY HEY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvLjou243dU
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Mu Zeta posted:I used to hate watch Douglas Murray and Richard Dawkins videos. There's one where Dawkins goes to an ultra religious muslim school in England somewhere and he's shocked they don't teach any science. Pretty sure he blamed multiculturalism or something. Multiculturalism doesn't mean apartheid. It would be illegal for a school not to teach science up to the age of 16. Dick Dorkins is not a reliable source.
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May 2, 2018 09:15
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Lobster God posted:Dick Dorkins is not a reliable source. Ding ding ding. Dick Dorkins really hates muslims and I can absolutely believe he would lie just to make them look bad.
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May 2, 2018 09:54
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Gum posted:No but I was under the impression that there are a decent number of majority minority areas? In Britain the 'ethnic' areas are the ones that are only 60% White British https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._communities_with_African-American_majority_populations_in_2000 If we're including Maryland, 15 of 19 are in the South. And half of the ones not in the South are in Michigan. So outside of one region and one state, the U.S. is a very White country. Lobster God posted:Dick Dorkins is not a reliable source. I've been here long enough to remember when people thought he was some hot poo poo. That lasted about six months.
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May 2, 2018 12:30
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Corrode posted:No, most British actors are poshos: See also the British music industry, where a huge number of acts come from privately educated backgrounds. There are lots of reasons for it. Cities becoming unaffordable, lack of funding in schools meaning extra-curricular stuff like drama and music is being cut, crazy amounts of nepotism in the UK... I could go on. I work in a semi-creative role and most of the grads we have coming in now are from really wealthy backgrounds, went to Oxbridge etc. They can basically buy their way into interesting jobs while poorer kids have to struggle like crazy.
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May 2, 2018 12:49
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I have no idea what this was specifically but there was like an mtv show in the mid-late 90s and they paraded a bunch of women out for a frost tipped random idiot to choose who he wanted to date and one girl who was obviously physically impaired came out and he looked at her the whole time she went in front of him like he was enraged she would even dare to show herself around him and it was so gross that I can’t forget about it to this day and I still want to travel back in time and beat the poo poo out of that dude
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May 2, 2018 12:56
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As much as I have enjoyed this genuinely interesting discussion about multiculturalism please keep in mind this thread is for TV Episodes that didn't age well so let's get things back on track. I remember binging The Newsroom's first season when it came out and thinking it was incredible and literally between season one and two lost all interest and never watched it again and have terrible memories of it.
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May 2, 2018 13:08
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Patrick Stewart is considered a country bumpkin in england iirc. Mu Zeta posted:How? I thought he was a big pimp in the Royal Shakespeare Company
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EmmyOk posted:As much as I have enjoyed this genuinely interesting discussion about multiculturalism please keep in mind this thread is for TV Episodes that didn't age well so let's get things back on track. It’s a very bad show and you’re bad for liking it
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oldpainless posted:It’s a very bad show and you’re bad for liking it I think the only bit of the Newsroom I saw was Jeff Daniels talking about how America COULD be great to a bunch of schoolkids and that was it. That was making the rounds on Facebook a lot before Trump got into office.
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May 2, 2018 13:39
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On the subject of British classism, did Dad's Army air in America and do people there 'get' the central character dynamic of the middle class Captain Mainwaring and upper class Sgt Wilson and why Mainwaring would have such a chip on his shoulder?
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May 2, 2018 14:00
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bitterandtwisted posted:On the subject of British classism, did Dad's Army air in America and do people there 'get' the central character dynamic of the middle class Captain Mainwaring and upper class Sgt Wilson and why Mainwaring would have such a chip on his shoulder? 
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:I think the only bit of the Newsroom I saw was Jeff Daniels talking about how America COULD be great to a bunch of schoolkids and that was it. That was making the rounds on Facebook a lot before Trump got into office. Jeff Daniels in the Newsroom is a Republican who loves the news media and hates guns is he also pro-abortion?
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EmmyOk posted:As much as I have enjoyed this genuinely interesting discussion about multiculturalism please keep in mind this thread is for TV Episodes that didn't age well so let's get things back on track. I made it through most of season 2 because I wanted to like it so bad but it’s actually the worst show I’ve ever seen. Kinda wish I had hatewatched season 3 because it has a ghost dad.
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May 2, 2018 14:24
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There's an episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway? with special guest star "seven Loyola Marymount University cheerleaders" and it was probably super creepy even at the time but I hadn't seen it before 2018 and wow.
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May 2, 2018 14:33
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Aesop Poprock posted:I have no idea what this was specifically but there was like an mtv show in the mid-late 90s and they paraded a bunch of women out for a frost tipped random idiot to choose who he wanted to date and one girl who was obviously physically impaired came out and he looked at her the whole time she went in front of him like he was enraged she would even dare to show herself around him and it was so gross that I can’t forget about it to this day and I still want to travel back in time and beat the poo poo out of that dude Isn't there a famous dating show where a serial killer was one of the contestants? Although that's probably got nothing on the awkwardness of a young Jon Hamm trying to impress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go7umPwXmJA drat, that man has got better with age.
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May 2, 2018 14:46
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bitterandtwisted posted:On the subject of British classism, did Dad's Army air in America and do people there 'get' the central character dynamic of the middle class Captain Mainwaring and upper class Sgt Wilson and why Mainwaring would have such a chip on his shoulder? We had Major Dad.
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May 2, 2018 15:01
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SEX BURRITO posted:Isn't there a famous dating show where a serial killer was one of the contestants? Although that's probably got nothing on the awkwardness of a young Jon Hamm trying to impress: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala
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May 2, 2018 15:19
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SEX BURRITO posted:Isn't there a famous dating show where a serial killer was one of the contestants? Rodney Alcala was on The Dating Game in 1978. e: ^^^ darn 
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May 2, 2018 15:20
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I like how the US Army is his first victim
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shelley posted:Rodney Alcala was on The Dating Game in 1978. And Ron Goldman, the guy OJ  didn't kill alongside his ex-wife, was on an episode of Studs.
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May 2, 2018 16:00
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Didn't 'Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire' or some knockoff of it turn out to have one of the millionaires in question be a cannibalistic serial killer?
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May 2, 2018 16:03
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bitterandtwisted posted:On the subject of British classism, did Dad's Army air in America and do people there 'get' the central character dynamic of the middle class Captain Mainwaring and upper class Sgt Wilson and why Mainwaring would have such a chip on his shoulder? The only thing Captain Mainwaring had on his shoulder was three pips! (And don't you forget it!) 
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May 2, 2018 16:04
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Didn't 'Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire' or some knockoff of it turn out to have one of the millionaires in question be a cannibalistic serial killer? Megan Wants A Millionaire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jasmine_Fiore
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May 2, 2018 16:09
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That 10 year period from 2000 to 2010 was bananas for reality shows. I think lawsuits have done some good to rein in most of that. Now it's just little people and housewives bitching at each other via speakerphone.
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May 2, 2018 16:23
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Krispy Wafer posted:That 10 year period from 2000 to 2010 was bananas for reality shows. I'm just said we'll never get another "reality" show as perfect as Joe Schmo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joe_Schmo_Show
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May 2, 2018 16:32
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DrBouvenstein posted:I'm just said we'll never get another "reality" show as perfect as Joe Schmo: I loved that show. My roommates and I used to watch it "as a family." "What is going on?!"
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May 2, 2018 16:42
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I just read the wiki article and the show sounds amazing. It also sounds more real and unpredictable than actual reality shows.
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May 2, 2018 16:45
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Rickety Cricket was one of the actors!
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May 2, 2018 17:28
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bitterandtwisted posted:On the subject of British classism, did Dad's Army air in America and do people there 'get' the central character dynamic of the middle class Captain Mainwaring and upper class Sgt Wilson and why Mainwaring would have such a chip on his shoulder? Why would an upper class Brit be in the enlisted ranks to begin with? Don't they pretty much hand out commissions at that level?
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May 2, 2018 17:36
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Laterite posted:Why would an upper class Brit be in the enlisted ranks to begin with? Don't they pretty much hand out commissions at that level? It's part of the other dynamic between Mainwaring and Wilson: Wilson was an officer in the First World War. He doesn't mind not being the commanding officer of the Home Guard, because he knows that the Home Guard aren't important. Mainwaring, who has never seen a modern war, is convinced that they are.
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May 2, 2018 17:42
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Krispy Wafer posted:That 10 year period from 2000 to 2010 was bananas for reality shows. It really was. Networks had decided that it was cheaper to throw a bunch of idiots together in a manufactured situation and film it, so they were on all the networks, filling in any hole they could find. The only one I remember watching was that one that was attempting to cash in on National Treasure, and I think I really only watched it because it came on before something else I wanted to watch. Syndication was also full of them, between the news and prime time, rather than showing reruns of Friends, you had all flavors of dating contests. I feel like the 2010's phased those out for the gossip rags.
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May 2, 2018 17:45
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I think my favorite terrible reality show moment was the slurping sounds from the woods in Joe Millionaire. I'm sure it was just the sound guy making sexy noises that they then added in post.
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May 2, 2018 18:52
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Krispy Wafer posted:I think my favorite terrible reality show moment was the slurping sounds from the woods in Joe Millionaire. You should read this http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2551-i-was-contestant-worst-reality-show-ever.html
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May 2, 2018 19:09
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SEX BURRITO posted:See also the British music industry, where a huge number of acts come from privately educated backgrounds. There are lots of reasons for it. Cities becoming unaffordable, lack of funding in schools meaning extra-curricular stuff like drama and music is being cut, crazy amounts of nepotism in the UK... I could go on. I work in a semi-creative role and most of the grads we have coming in now are from really wealthy backgrounds, went to Oxbridge etc. They can basically buy their way into interesting jobs while poorer kids have to struggle like crazy. This is true. I remember in my jazz to rock class my professor mentioned that artists like The Who, David Bowie, and Pink Floyd (I think) went to prominent art schools.
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I used to love Aaron Sorkin after watching A Few Good Men, Sports Night, and West Wing. As soon as I saw the first episode of The Newsroom I knew he ran out of ideas. gently caress that guy. e: Studio 60 was also terrible. He crafted a whole show around bitching about his ex-girlfriend. Mu Zeta has a new favorite as of 19:56 on May 2, 2018 |
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Iron Crowned posted:The only one I remember watching was that one that was attempting to cash in on National Treasure, and I think I really only watched it because it came on before something else I wanted to watch. I wonder sometimes how many (especially syndicated) shows ended up doing poorly because so many people stream, and the idea of watching something you don't really like to kill time before watching what you do want is becoming less and less of a thing. Krispy Wafer posted:I think my favorite terrible reality show moment was the slurping sounds from the woods in Joe Millionaire. Yeah, I remember I used to watch some of those shows, but that one was just absolute garbage even for the genre.
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