MAYOR OF TELEVISION BLOG.Byline: > DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. KRONKE 'Anchorwoman': The end is nigh nigh adv. nigh·er, nigh·est 1. Near in time, place, or relationship: Evening draws nigh. 2. Nearly; almost: talked for nigh onto two hours. Let's not mince words: Fox's new reality series, "Anchorwoman an·chor·wom·an n. 1. A woman who narrates or coordinates a newscast in which several correspondents give reports. 2. Sports A woman who is an anchor in a competition, such as a relay race. ," is a boldly transgressive piece of art that acutely reveals how we've allowed ourselves to be intellectually diminished. It's also an utter, irredeemable piece of garbage that makes everyone involved with it look like a lobotomy lobotomy (lōbŏt`əmē, lə–), surgical procedure for cutting nerve pathways in the frontal lobes of the brain. The operation has been performed on mentally ill patients whose behavioral patterns were not improved by other patient. Its concept: Lauren Jones (or whatever her name might be; I took scant notes and tossed the press release long ago), a wrestling TeeVee news. A struggling channel in tiny Tyler, Texas (which I've visited: The city's big contribution to global culture is a fire elePrompTer reader during the 5 o'clock news. The Tyler community is scandalized, sort of, but the local talking heads "Anchorwoman" quotes are ever more blitheringly clueless than Lauren herself. The local anchor, bitter that she's not quite as tall or nearly as blond, opts to rest on her journalistic laurels, which, punishingly judicious editing suggests, ain't much. "Anchorwoman's" brutal subtext is that everyone's an idiot, and we all deserve the crappy crap·py adj. crap·pi·er, crap·pi·est Vulgar Slang 1. Inferior; worthless. 2. Miserable; poorly. 3. Mean; contemptible. news coverage we get. Or: Conversely, "Anchorwoman," unwittingly (or, perhaps, otherwise), is an insightfully blistering critique of the utter glib i ng in this tiny Texas market is the medium writ large: Pretty faces, smiley-faced stories, cleavages to which attention must be paid ems the Fox network's mea culpa for sister outfit Fox News Channel: We apologize, they're saying, for reducing public discourse to t There's a cagey ca·gey also ca·gy adj. ca·gi·er, ca·gi·est 1. Wary; careful: a cagey avoidance of a definite answer. 2. Crafty; shrewd: a cagey lawyer. visual motif: Frequent shots of signs on executives' doors reveal readings in Braille. Because: A) The blind don' The executives are blind to how they're eviscerating the art of journalism; C) Both, proving meaningful discourse is doomed. "Anchorwoman": 8 tonight on Fox (Channel 11). |
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