tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30898556.post4371282068625253305..comments2023-04-20T11:58:31.493-04:00Comments on LOUD!: o/ lord I was born a ramblin' writer/speaker/thinker o/Loudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14298648959818424684noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30898556.post-47906711295362373732008-03-29T20:13:00.000-04:002008-03-29T20:13:00.000-04:00[Insert obligatory Farscape mockery here.]One thin...[Insert obligatory Farscape mockery here.]<BR/><BR/>One thing you will note in these instances, though, is that the shows which are most in line with conservative values are not necessarily the most common or the most popular. After all, the "Conservative Oppressor" is in the television gig to make money: what sells is what gets shown. I am as pissed off as anyone else that Firefly was mishandled and then cancelled, but it is difficult to blame it on any sort of oppressive capitalist conspiracy when it is a fairly cut-and-dried case of poor management skills.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, you will note that, in popular entertainment, the large corporation is *always* the villain (Well, unless it's a scientist or politician), to the point where it becomes sickeningly predictable. What you will notice, though, is that these messages are consistently anti-establishment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com