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Desperate Fun

It took me a while, but I finally finished watching Season 1 of Desperate Housewives today.

It's not as addictive as Lost, and does not have quite the same sense of urgency as Kiefer Sutherland's 24, and it certainly doesn't have any of the special effects of Battlestar Galactica, but I found myself enjoying it immensely!! I guess watching it felt very much like watching one of the US day-time soaps, and there was a time when I really loved watching those.

You know, it just occurred to me -- in a way, reading the personal blogs of people you don't personally know must be the online equivalent of watching this type of show. You get a window into the day-to-day dramas of people who are leading lives very different from your own. There's no world crisis to be averted. There's no epic battle for survival against a hostile and predatory enemy. There's nothing alien or technically advanced about the characters or their lives. The show is focused simply on the trials and joys of living.

Tags: TV, Blogging

Posted by CF at 11:05 PM