HBO's Iraq War miniseries, Generation Kill
I came across this article in the latest Entertainment Weekly and I could not believe who accurately it portrayed my own DVR Gulf War Movie syndrome woes. I have had HBO’s Generation Kill miniseries clogging my list for weeks; I watched the first episode, and then decided I’d rather rent 27 Dresses and No Reservations at $3.99 a pop instead of exhausting my poor brain. This summer I also tried really hard to press the play button on the first episode of AMC’s Mad Men, but I just couldn’t do it. I am a lazy television viewer. I finally deleted all of those Generation Kill segments because I knew I’d never watch them. I’m all for intelligent and challenging television, but a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. That’s why season 5 of 24 was both popular and praised by critics, to name just one example. I myself prefer to get my social commentary in comedic form, through Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. After all, who wants to watch a stodgy drama?
The article is here.
