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- Subject: Re: Northern Exposure
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 18:50:00 GMT
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- > Original-Sender: Peshewegunzh <mthvax.cs.miami.edu!mamia!peshe>
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- > Certainly, judicious use of video
- > (not TV) in small doses may be useful. Surrender of will and self into a
- > consuming entertainment culture is not.
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- > With television, we are being programmed.
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- I think that what most people here are arguing is that some of us feel that we
- still are capable of not surrendering will and self because we watch certain
- programs on TV. Yes, if I look to television's situation comedies and such for
- an explanation of the world, I am in trouble. But there are other programs on
- TV that real people involved in real situations produce to INFORM others, not
- PROGRAM others. Patrick Maun talks about public access channels. On our
- cable, we now get Finger Lakes TV, a public access channel which carries
- something called Deep Dish TV (what is that, Patrick?). One program was about
- the Hopi and Navajo produced by the Hopi, I believe. That program was far
- better than anything done on PBS. Another example: WXXI TV in Rochester NY
- had a rountable discussion on the Indian land claims in New York State. At the
- table were Seneca, Mohawk and Cayuga people as well as state representatives
- and even someone from federal govt (by satellite, I guess). The house I live in
- sits on land belonging to the Cayuga. In my REAL life, I had already had
- contact with my county legislator who supplied me with info on the status of
- the case and I had written to the Cayuga. This program ADDED to my under-
- standing because I got to hear living people talk about this issue. I wrote
- down the names of the people as I watched the program, and since then, I have
- written to one and spoken on the phone to another. So, I can respond to what
- I see on the TV, just as I respond to you here, it just takes longer.
-
- It sounds as if you haven't watched TV in quite a while. Maybe you would
- consider giving it another try, even if only public access channel?
-
- One last question, Peshewegunzh. You said in an earlier post that you are
- an actor. Is it from your work as an actor that you have formed such strong
- opinions about television?
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- Mary Mihalyi
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- mihalyi @ hws.bitnet
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