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| 791.1 | least there was a message | IAMOK::ALFORD | I'd rather be fishing | Fri Sep 15 1989 09:21 | 16 |
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Well, who ever said tv emulated reality? At least some 'message' was
put forth in the show....instead of mindless dribble which many shows
seem to offer. As for the issues you raised, which might happen
in real life...I don't live in Georgia, so can't comment on the laws
there...however I have lived places where it took three incidents to
get insurance involved, and license revokation essentially only occured
when you had multiple dwi's or injurious (sp) accidents. So, Dixie
Carter knocking down some sidewalk sign twice wouldn't have caused
any big deal. As for the show, i seem to recall she DID go to jail,
and only because the company decided not to press charges was she
released.
just my 2 cents
deb
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| 791.3 | Ruffled *your* feathers, eh? :) | CSC32::CONLON | | Fri Sep 15 1989 12:46 | 7 |
| RE: .2
Well, it sounds like they hit a couple of *your* hot spots,
Eagles.
I'll have to remind myself to watch it more often. :-)
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| 791.4 | my rights and your nose | AZTECH::KOLBE | The dilettante debutante | Fri Sep 15 1989 13:03 | 20 |
| I saw the episode the first time it aired and was somewhat disturbed
by it. I felt Dixie was dangerously close to violating the first
amendment rights of the stand owner. This was a vigilante tactic and
not the way I feel things should be done. What's different between
this and the Klu Klux Klan deciding that they will violate the civil
rights act?
We have to respect the rights of people we do not agree with just as
we must protect those of the people and ideas we do agree with.
Women will never "free and equal" if we choose the route of
violating the freedoms of others to get there. There are some
protions of the Women's movement that come too close to the orthodox
conservative movement for my taste.
Whenever you have real freedom some people will take it to the
extreme just to test the system. Some people will do that because
they are pond scum (Larry Flint of Hustler fame). And some people
will do it because it's necessary to illustrate a point about how
free we really are. If the majority of the population pushes the
edges then maybe the edges need to be moved out. liesl
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| 791.5 | | ASABET::STRIFE | | Fri Sep 15 1989 16:24 | 9 |
| I don't think that the show condoned her behavior. In fact, MaryJo
said that what Julia was doing was wrong and that it was censorship.
None of the other characters on the show applauded her behavior and
I thought that the behavior was protrayed as an extreme response not
an acceptable one.
I think that th show very often does a great job of getting a meesage
across.
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| 791.6 | | SUBSYS::NEUMYER | | Fri Sep 15 1989 17:09 | 8 |
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I think that the show started getting too message oriented.
BTW wasn't the owner of the magazine a woman?
ed
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| 791.7 | | MAMIE::KEITH | Real men double clutch | Mon Sep 18 1989 08:24 | 11 |
| RE -.1
That was the episode a week before. It was done better and got the
point across.
RE original
I think if you count the crash at the end, it was 4 times she destroyed
the sign.
Steve
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| 791.8 | Just another comment | CSC32::BATCHELOR | | Mon Sep 18 1989 16:01 | 18 |
| Hi,
Never before have I been prompted to reply to a note, but this one was of
particular interest to me.
I watched this particular episode of both the first showing and rerun.
the comment I found interesting in the show was made by Dixie, she stated
'If a black person were portrayed the same way as the woman was, in bondage,
it would be a different story', or words to that effect. I believe earlier
in the show the poster had been described as that of a woman in a dog collar
with chains, etc. Anyway, I found the comment interesting.
What would have happened if it had been a child portrayed in the same manner?
Just a thought,
Sandy
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| 791.9 | Love That Show | USEM::DONOVAN | | Mon Sep 18 1989 16:44 | 5 |
| I just LOVE that show! Dixie's just great! But remember, it's only
T.V.
Kate
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| 791.10 | An Exaggeration of Real Life | BUSY::DKHAN | | Wed Sep 20 1989 15:02 | 17 |
| I agree with .5 nd .8.
The other characters did not condone her actions, and it is
definitley true that opinions would differ if the poster depicted
a black person or a child.
Censorship is tricky. On the one hand, I certainly wouldn't appreciate
such a poster displayed on the street corner for my children to
see, but it is the "displayer's" right.
You could watch a Bugs Bunny Cartoon and say, "He couldn't do that
in real life and not be in trouble!" But again, it <<is>> television.
Sitcoms are only realistic to a point. And come to think of it,
they are funny because they are an exaggeration of real life.
I love "Designing Women". I think it's one of the better shows on
t.v.
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