Heather Graham, Emily's Reasons Why Not
The Book of Daniel There's something about pairing Jesus with a Vicodin-popping Episcopalian priest that creates brouhaha. We expected the Bill O'Reillys of the world to complain (Someday O'Reilly is going to be driven to insanity when he awakens in the Twilight Zone surrounded by nice, sensible people), but apparently many in the Midwest found the subject matter so repellent that stations in places like Terre Haute pulled Daniel from their schedules. Another triumph for the easily offended. Normal-ites should ask a different question: Is The Book of Daniel worth checking out? I'd say it's a flawed but worthwhile experiment. Aidan Quinn makes a very human reverend, a man whose faith in God is directly proportional to the lack of faith he has in himself. D
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Heather Graham, Emily's Reasons Why Not
The Book of Daniel There's something about pairing Jesus with a Vicodin-popping Episcopalian priest that creates brouhaha. We expected the Bill O'Reillys of the world to complain (Someday O'Reilly is going to be driven to insanity when he awakens in the Twilight Zone surrounded by nice, sensible people), but apparently many in the Midwest found the subject matter so repellent that stations in places like Terre Haute pulled Daniel from their schedules. Another triumph for the easily offended. Normal-ites should ask a different question: Is The Book of Daniel worth checking out? I'd say it's a flawed but worthwhile experiment. Aidan Quinn makes a very human reverend, a man whose faith in God is directly proportional to the lack of faith he has in himself. D
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The Book of Daniel There's something about pairing Jesus with a Vicodin-popping Episcopalian priest that creates brouhaha. We expected the Bill O'Reillys of the world to complain (Someday O'Reilly is going to be driven to insanity when he awakens in the Twilight Zone surrounded by nice, sensible people), but apparently many in the Midwest found the subject matter so repellent that stations in places like Terre Haute pulled Daniel from their schedules. Another triumph for the easily offended. Normal-ites should ask a different question: Is The Book of Daniel worth checking out? I'd say it's a flawed but worthwhile experiment. Aidan Quinn makes a very human reverend, a man whose faith in God is directly proportional to the lack of faith he has in himself. Daniel's inte
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Question: A recent episode of The Night Stalker had a scene of a boy sitting on a chair in front of a TV watching cartoons and it reminded me of a similar scene from a movie. I think it was a girl sitting in front of a TV watching cartoons, in a creepy house, and when they showed the front of her, she had no mouth. But I can't recall the movie; it may have had several stories in it, but I'm not sure. Can you help?
Answer: I can. You're remembering the "It's a Good Life" segment of Twilight Zone — The Movie (1983). Adapted from a classic episode of the original Twilight Zone TV series and directed by Joe Dante, it revolves around a small boy (Billy Mumy in the original TV episode, Jeremy Licht in the movie
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Question: I love Lost as much as the next person, and I agree with you that Sun and Jin have one of the most compelling backstories of any of the characters. At the same time it kind of bothers me that the writers chose the Asian couple to play out the "traditional" love story of the show — i.e., the woman who is dedicated to her husband and the man who wants to support his wife. If their story were adapted to a white American couple, for example, I bet lots of people would roll their eyes at their stereotypical gender roles. While Lost deserves kudos for casting a diverse group of actors, it seems like many of the characters still play into uncomfortable stereotypes: the Asian couple is devoted, despite their troubles; the fat guy is funny; the Southern redneck is a bad boy etc. Maybe television characters have to rely on stereotypes to some extent. What are your thoughts?
Answer: I think you're confusing archetypes with stereotypes and painting these characters and their backstories
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Question: Is it just me or did The 4400 seem to reach a new level this week with the Rwandan story line and Hill Harper's performance? I enjoy the show, but have accepted it as a B-level program with poor production values and a cast I rarely recognize. This time around I felt myself perking up and moving past the way it looks and really paying attention. Is it my new antidepressant, or is The 4400 kicking it up a notch toward the big leagues? BTW, loving The Closer and Rescue Me. They are the non-HBO shows getting me through the summer. And I am soooooo glad that Nate Fisher is dead!
Answer: Whoa, thanks for that last non sequitur. I really was going to try to resist tap-dancing on Nate's grave, but since I figure he'll be popping up again as a ghost (like his tiresome dad) in these last few episodes, let me just say that the predictability and morbid ennui of his death scene was exceeded only by the complete joy I felt knowing that Entourage was coming on mere minutes later. (And how
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