Boston Liberal
I have a favorite new show, Boston Legal, and I thoroughly enjoy it for several reasons.
It’s a very liberal show. Afterall, it’s actors playing attorneys; it doesn’t get more liberal than that. Every week when I tune in, I half expect to see Susan Sarandon joined hand in hand with Bill Shatner (much to my delight, she has yet to make an appearance). This is why I enjoy the show- it’s a great avenue for liberals to act out their utter disdain for the current state of affairs in the world. I much rather they act it out while playing sleezy, yet very entertaining, lawyers on TV as opposed to using award shows to do so. This is why it’s so entertaining to me; I’ve always seen liberals as living in a fantasy land and with shows like Boston Liberal, they now can. It’s great.
It’s hysterically funny and very different than any other show on TV that I’ve seen- yet another reason I enjoy it. Don’t get me wrong, I like the CSIs, NCISs, Law & Orders, but they’re all the same. I like the House’s and Grey’s Anatomies of the world, but within a two week period, both shows covered the same medical drama (lowering a persons body temperature to stop the heart, in order to find a blood clot, find the clot, then rapidly heat the body up again before the patient dies for good). So, it’s refreshing to see a show like BL that doesn’t have any clones out there, yet.
It also warms my heart to see William Shatner find a role that fits him like a glove. He’s oddly good as Denny Crane.
The website mirrors the show in entertainment value. It allows you to log in as Denny Crane and view case notes, such as:
I find the liberal roots of the show both disturbing and entertaining- more so entertaining, which is why I continue watching it.
Wow - where does one even begin? Well, hmmm, we could start with the fact that Boston Legal falls in this funny little genre called fiction. It exaggerates reality for entertainment. That show is no more reflective of laywers or liberals than ER or Grey’s Anatomy is reflective of real trauma centers (I’ve been to the real ER it is boooring).
Let’s talk about who in reality lives in a fantasy world - the Bush Administration! A world where everything in Iraq is going great, the Bill of Rights is optional, and New Orleans is bank on its feet.
Comment by Sarah Holland | March 29, 2006
OK, so things in New Orleans aren’t perfect, but they got hit by a Category 5 hurricane!! Things in Iraq are going surprisingly well for WAR. The soldiers are doing amazing things over there, like building schools, hospitals, and trying to get power provided to a whole nation that didn’t have power before.
The spying on people without warrants, that I’m a little iffy on… we don’t have the whole story, so I find it hard to judge that on just what I’ve heard from the media (liberals!!!!).
Can you tell Jessica and I were raised together?!
Comment by Jennie | April 3, 2006