The War At Home: Not Worthy Of Its Timeslot
The War At Home is a crappy Fox sitcom. It follows the mold of a politically correct family headed by an overbearing, stupid oaf of a father who somehow manages to get it right every single episode. The characters and storyline are tranparently one-dimensionalThere is a gay character who has a crush on one of the boys in the family, which is obviously an effort by the producers to make the show seem edgy. But really, it isn't. It's worse than having no gay character at all
The episode I saw tonight was about teen pregnancy. I know that because, after the episode, I was told to visit teenpregnancy.org to find out more about teen pregnancy. I HATE being told to visit websites to find out more about things. I'm getting ahead of myself here. Let's focus on the crappiness
The A story focused on the 16 year-old daughter, who decides she's ready to have sex with her boyfriend, since she's appantly the only virgin left among the girls in her class. The girls in her class must be complete sluts. She tells her mother about it and the mother--being a slut as well--tells her to use a condom. Her best friend also encourages her slutty behavior, having just officially become a slut herself. The father finds out about this devious plan, and embarks on a crusade to come between his horny slut of a daughter and her groping impregnator of a son.
The B story isn't important. There's no fucking in it.
In the end, the girl finally decides that she doesn't want to sink down to the level of all the other girls in her class. In other words that of a skank (thought I was gonna say slut, didn't ya?). She decides that she doesn't truly love her boyfriend. You wouldn't have guessed it, because she hadn't expressed a single doubt the whole show. So do they break up? No. They stay together, because they truly love each other.
Not only is this show completely unoriginal and predictable. It's worse than that. It's 7th Heaven as a sitcom. Behind all the pseudo-clever white-screen testimonials, there's an underlying preachiness that insults the viewer's intelligence.
OK, I know, big deal, unoriginal sitcom. Sometimes I think I pick fights out of boredom. Maybe it's because I'm miserable.
The episode I saw tonight was about teen pregnancy. I know that because, after the episode, I was told to visit teenpregnancy.org to find out more about teen pregnancy. I HATE being told to visit websites to find out more about things. I'm getting ahead of myself here. Let's focus on the crappiness
The A story focused on the 16 year-old daughter, who decides she's ready to have sex with her boyfriend, since she's appantly the only virgin left among the girls in her class. The girls in her class must be complete sluts. She tells her mother about it and the mother--being a slut as well--tells her to use a condom. Her best friend also encourages her slutty behavior, having just officially become a slut herself. The father finds out about this devious plan, and embarks on a crusade to come between his horny slut of a daughter and her groping impregnator of a son.
The B story isn't important. There's no fucking in it.
In the end, the girl finally decides that she doesn't want to sink down to the level of all the other girls in her class. In other words that of a skank (thought I was gonna say slut, didn't ya?). She decides that she doesn't truly love her boyfriend. You wouldn't have guessed it, because she hadn't expressed a single doubt the whole show. So do they break up? No. They stay together, because they truly love each other.
Not only is this show completely unoriginal and predictable. It's worse than that. It's 7th Heaven as a sitcom. Behind all the pseudo-clever white-screen testimonials, there's an underlying preachiness that insults the viewer's intelligence.
OK, I know, big deal, unoriginal sitcom. Sometimes I think I pick fights out of boredom. Maybe it's because I'm miserable.