We Are Not Idiots
When I was in tenth grade, my marketing teacher offended me while showing us a movie in class. It wasn't the specific movie that was the problem. It was the fact that she showed the movie over several days, and each day after the first, she would rewind the movie by 15-20 minutes to "remind everyone what was happening." It offended me so much that she thought we couldn't remember what was happening for 24 hours. Looking back, it's clear she just didn't feel like teaching and was trying to drag out the movie as much as possible. Also offensive.
Bitchy gossipy moment: I am 38. That teacher is on Facebook, and claims she's 41. I was 15 when she was my teacher. Grow up woman! Own your age.
For the last several years, I've noticed tv shows do this as well. The first minute of a tv show recaps what happened on the last episode. What the fuck? We can remember what happened a week ago. This is just ridiculous and once again, I'm offended.
Bitchy gossipy moment: I am 38. That teacher is on Facebook, and claims she's 41. I was 15 when she was my teacher. Grow up woman! Own your age.
For the last several years, I've noticed tv shows do this as well. The first minute of a tv show recaps what happened on the last episode. What the fuck? We can remember what happened a week ago. This is just ridiculous and once again, I'm offended.
Labels: Rage Against the Green
posted by Green at 3/24/2015 09:08:00 PM
3 Comments:
I think it's more about money SURPRIZE! . Time spent updating and showing bits of next week take up time that doesn't cost anything to produce, and lessens the amount of product that has to be produced to fill the time slot.
I agree, although I do have to admit I appreciate a little bit of a recap at the beginning of a season.
I recently got into watching The Listener, a Canadian drama set in Toronto. It's on its 5th season, I think, but Ion began airing the last 4 seasons last year. I began noticing weird censoring after a while. Not like swearing, but editing out references that specifically identified the setting as Canada. WTF? Like we Americans are too stupid to figure it out anyway? Or maybe we're all just xenophobic rednecks who would boycott the network if they promote a show that's not from 'Merica.
And speaking of teachers, my 7th grade teacher made our middle school cheerleaders quit doing a routine she claimed was "obscene." One part of it involved throwing their left hip out a beat, then back, right and forward, followed by stomping and clapping. She called it "gyrating" in a lewd fashion.
Then a few months later she showed the entire class Grease. She did not censor any of it. I am still offended. The f-ing hypocrite.
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