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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)

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1. Day 06 – A book that makes you sad

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - bawled my eyes out over this book. It's rare that I'll sob during a book. But this one did it to me - for about 50 pages. If you read this book, make sure you have a box of kleenex or tissues next to you.

It's a novel about two teens hunting down their favorite writer, to determine what the ending is of their favorite book. The teens are dying of cancer or are in various stages of terminal cancer. It shouldn't work, but it does. And it's not emotionally manipulative at all. Very odd book.

Possibly the best YA book that I've read.

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2.Day 09 - Best scene ever

Sometimes I think this should be called most memorable scene ever. At any rate, hard to choose, if this was a Buffy meme - I'd probably go with the sex sequence at the end of Smashed, but that was mostly most shocking scene ever - my jaw dropped. If a sci-fantasy meme...I might go with the scene from Bablyon 5 where G'Kar forgives Londo, just not his race. Or the scene in Farscape where John Crichton is tormented after just blowing up a space station. But it's not. This meme is all the tv shows I've watched, and dear lord, there have been so many and in every genre.

So for me, it has to be a scene in the early part of S1 of The Wire, which manages to accurately and succinctly explain the inter-relationships on the series and political maneuvers. It is also a reflection of how power is dealt with in society. This is a scene that unlike the ones that I mentioned above does not require any real knowledge of the series, nor does it require you to watch all of it. It is however the scene that motivated me to finally watch The Wire. Also the scene stays with you throughout the series...becoming more haunting and resonating more as you watch. If you watch that scene after seeing the Wire, chills will go up your spin at how accurate it is and because of what happens to each of the three kids in it.

The scene is from the episode : The Buy's from the Wire

Memorable Quote: "The King Stay the King"

After you watch this scene, you'll never look at kids playing chess at projects or in parks the same way again.

And here's the dialogue - in a perfect reflection of the street slang.

( dialogue from that scene )

( the rest of the days )

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1. Listening to commentary from The Wire again. Dominic West - blows me away with his British accent, because in the show he has an American accent. American accents tend to be more "nasal" and slower. It's the Germanic influence. Oh they spent 6 months on the credits. (Why is it that all commentaries sink into patting each other on the back and raving about how great everyone is.
I'm guessing they don't remember the episodes well enough to discuss much else. Farscape still has the best commentary - in large part due to Ben Browder who actually knows how to do it.) Apparently the actor playing Clay Davis - was word perfect all the way through. And won awards for the role.

2. Question to the Welsh and Brits out there? Is "Lloyd" a Welsh or English name? Aunt insists based on her research that the name Lloyd is a popular name in England, the equivalent of Smith in the US. I happen to know Lloyd is Welsh for "Gray" or that was what I was told in Wales. So? What do you think?

3. ( Wire S5 - general spoilers up to Episode 7 )

4. Scanning the various meta and reviews on my flist regarding the Jane E Spike Web comic has made me aware of the fact that I've truly lost all interest in the character, story, writers, verse, and everything associated with it. It just doesn't interest me or resonate for me in any way. I haven't bothered to read the comic or download it, nor do I feel any desire to do so. I'm not upset about it. I just feel ambivalent. I don't know. It's a weird feeling. I was so obsessed with that story, so fannish, for so long. And now that it's over....I sort of miss that feeling... And I really sort of don't. Hard to explain, but after the obsession left me, I was able to tell my own stories again. Create my own characters. If that makes any sense. Yet, by the same token, I sort of miss the interaction with the fans. I think I loved the fan interaction the most. I miss that. And I think that was the reason I hung in there as long as I did - I fell in love with that interaction. Even at it's worst, it was fun to discuss a cultural piece of work with that intense level of passion with people who felt exactly the same way. I'm sure it looked nuts from the perspective of people looking in from the outside. But it wasn't - it was play. It was fun. That thrill of getting a 100 replies to a meta post or being nominated, or linked to on another site you never heard of. I miss that. Don't think I'll fall into another fandom. Unless you count what I'm writing on the Wire - fannish. Not sure it is. Or my flirtations with Farscape and BSG and Doctor Who - also not quite. (I wrote over 600 pages worth of Buffy meta, plus three fanfics (including an unfinished WIP and collaboration) -- suffice it to say, I haven't come close with anything else. Plus went to several fan meetups, and participated as a member on three fan boards. Don't see that ever happening again.)

5. Rather enjoying the Dresden Files, but not the villain or the plot, which is sort of silly, but love the relationship stuff. 50% of the way through. Butcher seems to be trying to pull his character out of the dark place he left him in at the end of the last novel. (I didn't consider it all that dark, but I've also admittedly watched and read far darker anti-hero tales than Butcher apparently has. Breaking Bad or Rescue Me or even...Supernatural or Angel or Doctor Who, this ain't. Dresden comes across as a relative saint in comparison.)

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You sick of me posting about The Wire yet? Look at it this way, there's only three more seasons to go...and I could be posting about work instead or my life or the weather.

And the episodes just keep on getting better and better, although I do admittedly want to know if Rawls ever gets that stick taken out his ass or gets it? Half want to search out spoilers to find out. But resisting, this is not a show I want to be spoiled on. Half the fun is in the discovery.

My favorite character is back! YAY!!! Apparently my favorite characters are different than other people's favorite characters... I love Shakima Greggs. Tough, but still female, and not super powered. Also no skimpy outfits. Nice. We also get more of the cigar smoking robber gal working for Omar, who looks completely different than Greggs. There are definitely more female characters in S2. Love the diversity in casting - it really does look like an inner American city. That's the problem with most American Television Series - they don't look like real life in the city, maybe in a suburb in Johnson County, Kansas or Mainline, Pa, or Westchester, NY or somewhere like that - but not the city.

Also, the small details about wage, union, working the system, and the politics of it...are pitch perfect. Right down to the costumes - those big orange jackets - we wear them on the Railroad as well - they make it clear that you are a government worker or dock worker or city worker. Also bright so you stand out. I don't - just have to wear the vest on site tours.

Put on the closed-captioning again - because Lance Reddick's Daniels is almost impossible to hear over my air-conditioning.

"If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance" - Shakima Greggs.

( Spoilers for S2, Episode 4, where I continue to rave about The Wire. )

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