Your definition of "interchangeable" is not my definition
So, in an ONTD post about Psych (which is back soon, squee!), I came upon this comment:
all their original shows are interchangeable
usa: 24 hours of white people in unusual jobs
Is it just me or is that a ridiculously broad category to dub shows "interchangeable"? I mean, okay, if we accept the commenter's definition of "white people" - i.e. ignoring that the secondary lead is black and that the primary lead is played by a Hispanic guy - the following non-USA shows (off the top of my head) would also fall into the same category:
Leverage
The West Wing
Supernatural
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Firefly
Stargate (the various versions)
Torchwood
NCIS
Medium
Bones
Entourage
Nip/Tuck
Merlin
Battlestar Galactica
Star Trek (all versions except DS9)
Dead Like Me
and possibly House, though really, the only thing unusual about his job is that he still has it.
Which, of course, then there's a whole category of "white people with usual jobs", which is possibly even more common.
*Shakes head slowly.*
Anyway, Psych is back soon! YAY!
(ETA: Which isn't to say that USA - or most other networks - couldn't use more diversity, because duh.)
(ETA2: I am NOT writing this post to defend USA network. I don't CARE about USA network, Psych is the only one of their shows I currently watch. I was only pointing out that as the comment was written, there are only six categories of shows that can POSSIBLY be made: White or non-white leads, who are either in unusual jobs, in usual jobs, or at leisure. Therefore, it's not a useful category. I'm a librarian. I like useful categories.)
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all their original shows are interchangeable
usa: 24 hours of white people in unusual jobs
Is it just me or is that a ridiculously broad category to dub shows "interchangeable"? I mean, okay, if we accept the commenter's definition of "white people" - i.e. ignoring that the secondary lead is black and that the primary lead is played by a Hispanic guy - the following non-USA shows (off the top of my head) would also fall into the same category:
Leverage
The West Wing
Supernatural
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Firefly
Stargate (the various versions)
Torchwood
NCIS
Medium
Bones
Entourage
Nip/Tuck
Merlin
Battlestar Galactica
Star Trek (all versions except DS9)
Dead Like Me
and possibly House, though really, the only thing unusual about his job is that he still has it.
Which, of course, then there's a whole category of "white people with usual jobs", which is possibly even more common.
*Shakes head slowly.*
Anyway, Psych is back soon! YAY!
(ETA: Which isn't to say that USA - or most other networks - couldn't use more diversity, because duh.)
(ETA2: I am NOT writing this post to defend USA network. I don't CARE about USA network, Psych is the only one of their shows I currently watch. I was only pointing out that as the comment was written, there are only six categories of shows that can POSSIBLY be made: White or non-white leads, who are either in unusual jobs, in usual jobs, or at leisure. Therefore, it's not a useful category. I'm a librarian. I like useful categories.)
This entry was originally posted at http://katta.dreamwidth.org/506703.html and has
comments there.