In your opinion, is televised entertainment "low culture."

[Writer]

Over the last ten years of studying media issues, I cannot count the number of rolled eyes I've witnessed while discussing television's entertainment value. Many have seen it as a form of "junk entertainment" that we easily ingest, in comparison to "higher" forms of entertainment. It seems that film takes a stronger place in regard to culture, and live entertainment (ballet, opera) above that.

Do you think television is "low culture?"

On edit: A bit of a better explanation of the topic, a'right?

[Tyler Durden]

1. No.

Goes without saying. Saw MACBETH starring a YOUNG Ian McKellin and a YOUNG Judy Dench that was originally a "THAMES" televised production. HIGHEST art and culture.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. People who say "standard of film"

Apparently haven't been to the movies lately.

[Writer]

4. I have a feeling those types are the art film buffs...

when I was an RTF major at UT-Austin in the 1990's, there were a few dweebs in my intro class who believed they could be the next Quentin Tarantino or Robert Rodriguez. They'd say the word "film" like it were akin to "sculpture."

[Hugin]

3. What about reading?

I consider that a 'higher' form of entertainment... Than TeeVee.

[Evoman]

5. A low culture?

With shows like this?



Your kidding, right?

[trof]

6. Other: Most of it.

But I notice that my son-in-law, who I am quite fond of and who is very intelligent, watches what I consider to be some really dumb, mindless crap on TV.

His job calls for some very serious, heavy thinking every day, so maybe he needs some brainless, non-thinking, uncomplicated "entertainment"?
Chewing gum for the mind?

[kwassa]

7. Most television is no culture at all.

A teeny-weeny amount of television is fine art. In between the two is the proverbial vast wasteland, hundreds of channels with little or nothing to say.

And I think this is a very good thing. It keeps me from spending too much time watching television.

and I also think that about 98% of movies fall in this no culture category, too.

as a wise friend once said, a mediocre book is better than all but a few films. By the way, I used to work in the film industry, too, and have a degree in filmmaking.

[kwassa]

8. *

[JVS]

9. Television is quite possibly the most important artistic medium of our time