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Im going Say it "TV isn't Art", never has been and never will be.

posted 3 months ago by Splinter88899 (98)
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Because Everything on TV is about Selling you Something. A TV Show is about Selling you Soap, HBO Subscription or Streaming Service. No TV show is made because there a story that has to be told in 30 to 60 hours. Most of there stories could be told in less than that. There no such thing as independent TV. Where friend scrounge enough money to make a TV Show. Like Sam Raimi or Don Coscarelli did for there movies. TV show are always mandated a certain amount of Episode. Dose anyone tell a painter how big there painting had to be. I don't think so. And the Best TV shows don't come close to the Best Movies. If you can prove that a TV Show are as emotional raw as movies like Schindler's List, Shawshank Redemption, Life Is Beautiful, The Pianist, or Even Wall-E. Ill give a billion dollar i don't have. TV is a Commercial Product. It isn't art.

[–] moviechatterer (16326) 3 months ago

"Because Everything on TV is about Selling you Something."

In America maybe .
In the UK you have the BBC who make programs (ie "shows") with no thought to selling anyone anything.

American TV is a stinking swamp of advertising , the ratio of advertisements to content makes it unwatchable to anyone not brought up on it .

[–] 102000 (6350) 3 months ago

Bottom line - TV is entertainment and so are movies - some are better than others, some not. Most of the time that is my primary goal for either one. If I want to enrich my mind I watch a documentary.