1. Can TV Viewers Accept a Real “Reality Show”? From my first piece on the “Perry Mason” reboot, a recurring theme of mine has been how the show breaks apart the conventional mold of the courtroom drama. Its innovations aren’t forced or arbitrary, though. It was the old conventions that were the artifice: fantasies of justice triumphant, heroes who always knew best, women satisfied to serve them, and a whole lot of stuff shoved in the closet—poverty, racism, non-hetero relationships.
Amazing insight! I watched Perry Mason and loved every minute of it. I've never watched "Succession." But I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. I don't know if I'll watch it in the future. I have a hard time sitting down in front of the TV when I could be here, either reading or writing. But that's just me, isn't it? I always tell my wife when she asks if I want to watch something: "I'd rather be creating it, than watching it." But I liked that Perry Mason doesn't win like we all expect he will. It makes it more real.
Amazing insight! I watched Perry Mason and loved every minute of it. I've never watched "Succession." But I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. I don't know if I'll watch it in the future. I have a hard time sitting down in front of the TV when I could be here, either reading or writing. But that's just me, isn't it? I always tell my wife when she asks if I want to watch something: "I'd rather be creating it, than watching it." But I liked that Perry Mason doesn't win like we all expect he will. It makes it more real.