“On the television planet, where men make up the tribe, the law of the caveman rules. So, for a woman coming from another world, without experience or cunning, to succeed gradually in gaining control over what is to be taped, what goes out over the air, what is said without censorship, is an epic feat.” MenWorldSaidLawAirTelevisionPlanetsSucceedCensorshipEpicTribesCunningAnother WorldFeats Author:Cristina Saralegui
“The young watch television twenty-four hours a day, they don't read and they rarely listen. This incessant bombardment of images has developed a hypertrophied eye condition that's turning them into a race of mutants. They should pass a law for a total reeducation of the young, making children visit the Galleria Borghese on a daily basis.” ShouldChildrenEyeLawYoungHoursRaceWatchesFourConditionsTelevisionBasesTwentiesIncessantMutants Author:Federico Fellini
“TV taste is an aftertaste. Whatever gets on the tube is always a foregone conclusion, a fait accompli. That is, any new ideas or social changes have already been fought for in the real world of the streets, or in the bedroom or even the law courts long before they reach the screen. By the time you see it on prime time, it's usually all over and done with, whatever it was. Television by definition is not avant garde. It is often reactionary and always sentimental.” WorldLongIdeasRealDoneLawSocialStreetsTelevisionTvsTasteCourtDefinitionsScreensConclusionPrimeReal WorldNew IdeasBedroomSentimentalSocial ChangeTubesReactionariesAvant GardePrime TimeLaw Courts Book:Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television Source: Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television
“I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money.” StoriesShowsLawGamesTelevisionDramaProgramGuiltAppealsPlotOperaLots Of MoneySoapDetectivesJessicaMasonsSoap OperasCourtroomGame Shows Author:Peter Ackroyd
“One of the things that has happened is that our drug laws have been institutionalized now. If you want to say that somebody's a bad person in a movie or in a television show or something about that, you say they sell drugs or they use drugs.” IfsWantPersonsHas BeensUseShowsLawHappenedTelevisionDrugSellsTelevision ShowsDrug Laws Author:Carl Hart
“To be a woman in law enforcement on television, I think, is sort of important. It's a powerful position for a woman to be in, but also to be looking at these new technologies, exploring these new technologies.” ThinkingImportantLawPowerfulTechnologyPositionTelevisionExploringLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-lawsNew Technology Author:Patricia Arquette