A worrying thought

 

We have recentlytaken on a new satellite box which allows access to things like UKTV play and others.Scanning the offerings, I notice how many remakes there are available. I knew TheKilling was being remade for America and now I see other things too. Why isthis? Do they think today’s audiences won’t relate to the original? Are thereno good tv drama scripts available? 

I wonder how longit will be before they do a remake of Cleopatra or Lawrence of Arabia. Onsecond thoughts, films of that calibre would probably be far too expensive toremake today. I have fond memories of Ryan’s Daughter but the thought of thaton a little screen is sobering. It would be diminished somehow.

Another thing Inotice is how many tv dramas are centred on women and women’s lives. Sometimesit seems as if men are being written out of life. Police chiefs  always seem to be female on tv dramas. I wonder if "they" think along the lines of seeing it often on tv makes it acceptable and normal. If they accept that argument, then perhaps we have so much violence on the streets because we've seen it "normalized" on tv. It's a worrying thought.