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Day #16 of the 30 Day Television Challenge
This Day #16 of the 30 Days of Television Challenge
The prompt is A politically/socially innovative or inspiring series, mini-series or special that you would recommend (old or new)
The prompt is A politically/socially innovative or inspiring series, mini-series or special that you would recommend (old or new)
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North of 60 is a 1990s Canadian television drama depicting life in the sub-Arctic northern boreal forest (north of 60° north latitude, hence the title). It first aired on CBC Television in 1992 and was syndicated around the world. It is set in the fictional community of Lynx River, a primarily Native-run town depicted as being in the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories.
Most of the characters were Dene. Some non-native characters had important roles: the restaurant/motel owner, the band manager, the nurse and (during the show's first season) the town's main RCMP officer. The show explored themes of Native poverty, alcoholism, cultural preservation, conflict over land settlements, and natural resource exploitation.
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Can stupidity and the fear of showing weakness destroy the world?
With the Coronavirus, we're finding out how far government incompetence and malign neglect can go toward crippling a country. But Chernobyl showed, in excruciating detail, that
it nearly led to the apocalypse:
https://youtu.be/s9APLXM9Ei8
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This one was quite (in)famous in its day for really stirring things up, and getting people thinking and talking about subjects that previously were rarely if ever brought up on prime time broadcast television.
Clip from a DVD box set promo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBam7gQ8vCY
Clip with a (much older!) Rob Reiner about a favorite moment in making the show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIs-cBotymM&list=PLec1JlpXJ5LwWJK7TfuEATjJC2rWcayq3&index=165
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family
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Most of it is still, unfortunately, relevant today. There are a lot of Archies who work for my company. This was equaled by the Jeffersons, which demonstrated that sexism and racism wasn't specific to one race, and the differences between races were only skin deep if that. George Jefferson sounds and acts just like Archie. Norman Lear's ability to see that - and depict it on television is rather amazing. Also, depicting George as the more successful of the too - is even more ground-breaking.
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Not my favorite way to watch tv but I can watch all of this year's episodes online, most of the rest via my library system.
Frontline: America's Medical Supply Crisis
I've always meant to watch The Wire but it was on one of the premium channels back in the day. I could probably get it from the library, although the way they package an entire TV series together now, I'd have to check it out a couple of dozen times to get through it all.
If I get engrossed in a book, I'll stay up half the night reading, but I can only sit through at most a couple of hours of television before getting restless--or sleepy, depending. I fell asleep in the middle of an episode of something last night.
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The WIRE takes a while to get into. I watched it on DVDs via Netflix before Streaming was available. And by about the middle of the first season - I got hooked. It's a tight five season run, and a biting satire of our society - focusing on the city of Baltimore.
Really good characters, some witty dialogue, and great music. I love that series, although I'm not sure I can watch it again. It's very violent and dark in places.
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My response was HBO's THE WIRE.