TV suxx

TV sucks. Its official now. For the past few months I have been telling my friends "TV par kuch acha nahin aata" And in all cases so far people have dissented (is that a verb I can use?). I had stopped watching TV for a long time. Maybe from March or so my TV viewing can be termed as negligible. So when my friends said there is always something interesting on these days, well I believed them. Yesterday I decided to check those claims. And I have reached certain conclusions.

Warning: Incase you haven't figured it out this post is going to be about the TV and how crappy the shows are. Let me also add that its going to be long and mean as I have a headache and there is still nothing good on TV. Compounded by the fact that my maid is absconding, my landlord is probably serving me notice in about a week's time, my friends are busssy, I have a headache (wait I think I already said that) and I haven't left my bedroom in the past 24 hours the chances of this post making reasonable reading are slim. Muck, I just caught the advt. for Rakhi Sawant ka swayambar - do yourself a favour and skip to the end.

So the conclusions are:
Conclusion no. 1: I am way too old and grey. Not only do I not understand the generation succeeding mine, I am also having trouble keeping up with the telly tastes of my own generation. I mean comeon guys. There is NOTHING good on. How can you spend the whole weekend on this damn thing!

Conclusion no. 2: Telly world is short of talent.

Conclusion no. 3: Telly world is short of talent and doesn't know it yet.

Conclusion no. 4: The new generation kids are such mind numbing morons with shallow self image, zero IQ and so low a moral grounding that its not even funny any more. Okay maybe I am too quick to judge but this conclusion was reached while watching 3 reality shows on MTV and Real involving teemagers and some young 20 year olds battle for stupid titles (Teen Diva)and yes love (Splitsvilla and somethg somethg).

Conclusion no. 5: People are becoming uglier by the day. This despite all the beauty creams, lotions and treatment that have come up. I mean I had no expectations from the soap opera people but atleast movie stars should look reasonably tolerable. Purane zamane mein kitne goodlooking actors hote the.

Conclusion no. 6: There is just too much sex on TV. I mean I am very liberal a person. I have no issues with short dresses, pre marital sex or post marital for that matter, gays and lesbians are welcome at my party and i firmly believe in the dictum: to each his own. But still I cant help be judgemental about these advts. and music videos and movies that just objectify women and men for that matter.

I still remember there were times long back when if something risque would come on TV one would be a little squeamish watching it with one's parents. delicately you would leave the room or change the channel or something. But now every damn thing is about just one thing.

(((There is more to talk about this. Next post mein par.)))

Now lets dig a little more deep. Let me review whats on these days.

Zee, Colors, Imagine, star plus par soaps aate hain. Lux, haman, lifebouy wale nahin.

Daily soap tells you its okay if you love someone and marry another and then sleep wit your brother in law and then cheat on him (your brother in law not the hubby) with your college sweet heart. Women wear tonnes of makeup and jewellery every day even night. And somehow manage to look butt ugly even with all that muck (this time its muck not F___) on their face. I have so far identified 2 types of women: The good one who has no brains or career aspirations and lives and dies and invariably marries for the family. Everything is about the family or her love or about looking demure and pretty. Did you catch that muckall show Dil Mil Gaye? Supposedly doctors hain sab. I prayed extra hard last night for good health after watching that show. And the other type of female characters: biatch who wants money, someone else's husband, revemge, or money. No greys in the telly world. All black or white. I wished the distinction could have more parameters : like the good ones are pretty and well dressed and the bad ones are not. But sadly I found all needed to be sent to a personal grooming seminar in jhumritalaiya and attend the art of wearing less makeup. And the men of the telly world : they are too much of a disappointment to even write about. Sometimes even good clothes, fake accents and body building sessions cant help you overcome nature's revenge - that is your face. By the way in a twisted sense, telly world is female dominated. It claims to see the world from the women's perspective. Last night I got the aha moment. Now I know why the guys think that women are brainless twits. Its the damn TV. If anyone things that "Ghar ki laxmi:betiyaan" is how the world really is, I would myself call them names much worse than brainless twits.

News Channel: Mere ko mili nahin abhi tak. Still looking. Incase I get one I will certainly review.
There are some channels Aaj tak types that some times show some national happenings in the break time they get from airing bollywood happenings, advertisements, talkshows on bollywood, breaking news like finding the road that pandavs took in Mahabharat to go to heaven (I swear i saw that program). Btw India is defined by Delhi, kolkata and Mumbai. East ki states ka kabhi mention nahin aata. Sikkim etc. mein ya toh issues hi nahin hain ya phir its not worth these channels time to talk about them. Aaj Tak bata raha ki KJo is working hard on his next film Khan is King. Chalo thats good to know. Kabhi remote South mein kya ho raha hai, farmer suicides ka kya update hai yeh bhi bata dena. "Greasepaint in the time of personal trauma" yeh aa raha hai on Headlines Today.

Reality shows: Rakhi ka swayamvar. Need I say more.

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