Friday, April 25, 2008

Just Say No!

So, again, I have left you all hanging for awhile. At some point in my life I am going to have to learn how to say "NO". I may need to take a class. My friends and family may need to have an intervention with me. To say that I am exhausted right now would be an understatement. Somewhere in my crazy mind I have gotten the idea that every second of every day should be filled up with something. I am going to work on this.

So..on to the gripe o' the day. Sunday night I'm watching a TV movie with my daughter on ABC Family Channel called Princess. She and I heard it advertised on the radio and thought it would be fun to watch together. The movie was terrible..plot, acting, you name it; but Nadia liked it. Here is my gripe. If you make a movie titled "Princess", who might your target audience be??? I'm thinking little girls, right? But yet they had a character who played the friend of the guy who was "woo-ing" the Princess who had dialogue like, "Oh, Lesbian love!". There was cussing and ALOT of sexual innuendo, which luckily was over my daughter's head. What the hey, ABC?? I thought this was a FAMILY SHOW! I guess they should have a disclaimer for whose family it is appropriate for. During the show they advertised another exciting series...GREEK, which is about college coeds frolicking through the fraternity and sorority system. Again, target audience??? Do college coeds watch ABC Family? Does my 5 year old daughter need to watch shows about drunk college kids doing keg stands? Your thoughts? Go ahead and comment. I'd like to hear where you guys stand.

1 comment:

Kerry said...

The only family entertainment left anymore is when you turn the tv off and actually create your own family entertainment. Aside from totally revamping the idea of "family" entertainment on tv, I would be happy if I didn't have to hear about herpes outbreaks and erectile dysfunction while watching my weekly episode of Gray's Anatomy or House. Didn't people used to just discuss these things in private, with let's say...their doctor?