Tuesday, January 25, 2011

My opinions on the article, Cultural Studies and "Forensic Noir" by Thomas Doherty

I don’t fully understand the reasons that people constantly pick apart television shows/movies because of how gory it is, how much skin they show, or how vulgar the language that the actors use in it is and try to censor or ban them. I mean really I know it is human nature that most people feel the need to constantly complain about something weather they truly care about what it is or not. I personally enjoy all of the “forensic noir” on television, it’s entertaining and even though it’s some times extremely graphic and a little hard to stomach, these shows, show people that the real world of criminal activity isn’t all puppies and candy canes. If I don’t like a certain movie or show you know what I do, I change the channel to what I do like then wow, magically theirs nothing to complain about. I don’t go and write a huge article on why everybody else should feel the same way as I do about that show/movie.

Everybody complains, oh that show is way to gory, what if my children see it? Oh I don’t know maybe you could try doing some parenting and not let them watch it that works once in awhile. When I was a little kid if my parents didn’t want me to watch something I was told to go play in my room or go outside and play for awhile. Plus it’s not that hard to just watch something else and not complain about it. If something makes your stomach turn while you’re watching it then maybe you should turn it off, for example I completely agree with gay rights and gay marriage and I support them, I have a few gay friends but it makes my stomach turn to watch two guys making out so guess what, if it makes me sick to see it I’m not going to sit there and watch gay porn then complain to everybody I know about how vulgar and disgusting it was and write an article about it. I’m just not going to watch, it’s that simple. As the last paragraph of the article I’m talking about states “How much more can viewers stomach? How much further can television test the limits of forensic noir?” I’m going to guess, as much as they want or as far as they want to take it because just like you have your first amendment right to complain about everything with your we have freedom of speech rants all the time we have our rights to enjoy what ever we feel like. I know full well no matter what any one does you can never take that from anyone who wont give it up. Just like the actor who plays Edgar Friendly in the movie Demolition Man says, ( “According to Cocteau's plan, I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've seen the future. You know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin, sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing, "I'm an Oscar Meyer wiener." ) Ha and he's considered the enemy because he enjoys our god given right to pursuit of happiness, what a load of shit.

You talk about the television networks going to far with the forensic shows they’re airing  and making them way to graphic and gory, I think your going to far trying to censor them. It kind of makes you wonder just who is trying to take complete control over society and the way people think, the people who make things to get you to buy or do what they want or the people who complain about everything under the goddamn sun and try to take away or censor everything you enjoy in life. Its the same thing with these television shows as it is with contact sports like football or boxing, if a man or woman wants to stand in a ring and trade punches throughout their career until somebody beats them retarded. then i think we should let them. But that’s just how I feel, I’m not taking upon my self to make the decision for everyone else too. I believe that these shows are a good influence on society, they show you that it's cool to be highly educated and use science to catch criminals instead of the usual muscle bound high school jock turned cop who is considered a bad ass busting criminals, not because he didn't listen to his supervisor  but because he was to stupid to listen. I guess all I'm saying is you criticize these shows when they have inspired me and many other people to go back to school and get an education majoring in crime scene technology so we can get a career as a C.S.I. so that one day when one of your family members gets murdered I can show up to work the crime scene to try to catch who did it and watch while irony kicks your teeth down your throat when I question you about what happened.