Science fiction often gets things laughably bad when dealing with the entertainment business. No where is this more evident than the series Buck Rogers, which predicted that disco music would be the dominant art form in the 25th century and then further contended that it would be spread by sinister rock managers like Jerry Orbach! Yes, Jerry Orbach, the cop who is impossible to hate (well almost impossible).
Seriously, though, sci fi television needs to come up with a more biting critique of the entertainment industry which of course its not likely to do, being as it's part of the entertainment industry. Only Max Headroom came close to offering up a compelling portrayal of a media dominated, entertainment-saturated culture. But I guess it may be too much to ask entertainment to stop being entertaining in the service of being enlightening instead. So, for the foreseeable future, expect to see more space disco than you'll ever see Headroom-like shows again.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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