• Huldra [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
        17·
        1 year ago

        His ultimate point was also not really about it being good or bad in quality, he just has the position that artists have a social responsibility and got mad that the show decided against portraying a reality(school shootings in the USA) because it would be discomforting, as a basic summary. He doesnt like slop.

        • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          If he wants to make a point about artists having a social responsibility to accurately portray reality, he should’ve just said sitcoms are a reactionary genre and artists with a desire to produce revolutionary work ought to not be involved in the production of sitcoms. Because sitcoms make most of their money through syndication, reaired episodes aren’t shown in order. This means sitcom episode always reset to a status quo, which means you’ll never be able to portray the effects of lasting change. From this, a school shooter episode wouldn’t work because the following episodes would all have to pretend a school shooting never happened, and while that could be used as a commentary on school administration, even the characters would have to pretend the school shooting never happened.

          This is what I meant earlier about him being a pseud. I don’t know if he’s genuinely this pig-headed or if he’s just purposefully being edgy, but the effect is still the same.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      It would have been right in line with 90s TV. You’d just replace the gun with a toy knife and run a Much Ado About Nothing plotline where everyone accuses each other of owning it in a silly mix up with a serious message.