cmvoger

Born 1942. Identifying progress with a
"Tarzen" index: When I started going to movies, Lex Barker was Tarzen, Johnny Weistmuller had become "Jungle Jim", and Jock Mahoney was the "Range
Rider", when I could visit a friend's
home and watch TV. Ron Ely and Milo
O'Keefe were ,at best, in kindergarten,
or maybe not yet born.
My family got TV when I was thirteen.
In rural Alabama, with antenna television, we got an NBC station, and
another that combined CBS and ABC programmiing. Ages l6-21, I was away at school, then in the military on a
foreign posting (Berlin Crisis, pre-
Viet Nam). Much of what I know about entertainment in those years I picked up in reruns, sometimes years later.
I was a big reader all my life, something of a joke as a bookworm. I
tend to approach movie/tv presentations from that perspedtive--
the script as literature. The freshman theme question: What is this writer /director /cast and crew trying to express? Do they succeed? I have
little interest in fanzine stuff, and I don't don't consult those programs or publications. True story: I've watched and mostly enjoyed Kevin Bacon's work for years. "Secondhand
Lions" focused my attention on Kera
Sedgwick, and that made me a fan of her TV series. I found out about two weeks ago that they are married. Mel
Gibson, Robert Blake and Wennona Rider got into the regular news, and I became aware of their non-work problems; if their stories had stayed in "Entertainment Tonight" I would have missed it. I care little about
personal lives, political activism, etc. If they avoid spousal abuse, child abuse or stomping baby ducks, I'm all about the work they do.
There's a lot out there that is very good, and I'm willing to scan through
a lot of meciocre stuff to experience
it.