The Sopranos have taken a stand on the health insurance morass and I love it. If the rest of Hollywood were to spend more time exploring real issues instead of conducting an annoyingly arrogant vendetta against the current Administration in Washington, they might actually be performing a public service instead of self-service. Tony Soprano’s (James Gandolfini) current plight carries with it the message that not only anonymous middle class Americans but also Mafia dons have major problems with the health care system. Bada bing!
Law & Order: Sinking Fast
As I sit here playing TV catch-up, watching my Tivoed copy of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from Tuesday, I find myself just about at the end of my rope with the whole damn Law & Order franchise. This particular episode essentially preaches about same sex marriage, while other episodes have sermonized about a broad range of hot-button issues. The moralizing, preaching, and political pandering has increased over the past couple of years in all three (and last year, four) of the Law & Order series. Clearly, NBC and Dick Wolf have decided that the popularity of these programs provides a convenient pulpit from which to preach the liberal gospel.
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I Guess the World Didn’t End After All!
Last week, the Turkey reviewed the first part of “Category 7: The End of the World,” a CBS mini-series. In that review, I declared that this piece of trash wasn’t worth any more of my time. So, I’m back. I lied. My mendacity as a reviewer thus exposed, I’ll launch right into the review of Part Two.
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