While Johnny is slaving away recapping every minute of every hour, I'm slacking off a bit this week. So I felt like it was time to unleash 24 related stories on all [3 of] you readers! Check the last one for a trivia quiz.
- New Yorker article on co-creator and exec-producer Joel Surnow and his politics. It's pretty long and of course delves into the whole "real life imitating 24 torture" sort of thing that every article seems to be picking up these days. Thanks for this Kevin!
- Chicago Tribune columnist wonders "Is Wayne Palmer the Barack Obama of 24?". Short answer from exec-producer Howard Gordon? No. Click for his longer answer and similarities.
- An Arab-American writes a column for the WSJ web page defending 24's use of Muslims as terrorists in various seasons. Best quote in my mind: "So CAIR thinks it's over the top for the terrorists in '24' to blow up Los Angeles with a nuke? Please, if bin Laden and his crew had nukes, most of us would be way too dead to argue over such points."
- The producers of 24 recently met with an anti-torture group and actual interrogators about 24's depiction of torture. Most surprising is that the producers were urged to make the depictions of torture more realistic, as in taking weeks or months to break someone - or possibly not breaking them, or having them die. A-fucking-men, most of these terrorists are complete bitches when tortured. Nice commitment to jihad suckers! Also mentioned is how the writers come up with some of these situations.
- A 24 writer responds to recent statements from military officials saying they are concerned with the idea that soldiers are learning techniques from the show. Basically he's saying that he'd expect the military to train a little better than sitting soldiers in front of a TV. It could be worse though - what if they watched According to Jim instead of 24? The techniques learned on that show ... I shudder to think.
- And finally: it's a month or so old, but here's some San Diego newspaper's 24 trivia quiz. Haven't taken it yet, but will post results soon. Of course, it's so old-media of them to make you tabulate your own score instead of having an online quiz. Assholes. Post your scores in the comments!
1 comment:
Great New Yorker article. Surnow sounds like a dick. The torture is not a partisan issue. It's a matter of how intelligent you are. Smart people know that torture does not work in most cases. Idiots tend to believe that torture is, in fact, effective.
I always find it fascinating that critics think the show is so conservatively biased or spreading the Bush administration's propaganda. The show has featured corrupt big business, an entire plot to AVOID a major Middle East invasion, and now, a President fighting to protect the Constitution by preventing the Muslim internment camps. Doesn't sound like they're too eager to push Bush's agenda to me ..
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