re: White Men & Television Shows + What Happened?

I remember reading a scholarly piece about 40 years ago, which detailed how women look and reflect back upon life as more of a long, intertwining thread. But men look back on life and discern it as individual incidents. Hence, females innately preferred serialized, unending storylines, whereas men preferred stories that were self-contained with distinct beginnings and endings. Don't recall if this was due to differing brain patterns or cultural imprinting, or if that aspect was even addressed. But it did seem to make sense, and ever since, I always interpreted the explosion of serialization in television the past two to three decades as a reflection of its feminization.

Personally, I have no interest in a tv-series that is long and drawn-out, concentrating on soapy arcs. The idea of getting mired in these types of modern shows that drag on and on like that has absolutely zero appeal to me. From what I've observed from them, narratives are stretched to ludicrous degrees, while emotionalism is ramped up to operatic levels. People have accepted this as the normal form these days, and part of a progression/evolution, but I still find it pretty off-kilter. I do wonder where trends will go from here in the future, in terms of narrative structure.

I find appeal in older shows and movies not because of some perceived 'whiteness,' but because I tend to actually 'like' the characters they serve up. An identification perhaps due in part to their greater sense of moral certitude. I enjoy such characters, and (as with the old westerns) I like to travel their trail and vicariously share in their approaches to conflict. It's solid. It's aspirational. It's a tonic for the soul. I just don't get that quality with modern shows and modern characters. They nag. They harangue. They exude detached irony. They're eaten up with angst and emotion. And frankly, they just ultimately annoy me. Is it correct to just chalk these things up to feminization? Probably not. It's something bigger than that, which has oozed up from modern culture and its endless grievances.

Yeah the girl power series where the one who sits on the throne is a man his closest advisor is a also man, and meanwhile the only women left are fricking off to travel, staying in the frozen north, or serve the King

Wow, you sound like a huge pussy.

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also, in the '70s you had Columbo, Kojak, Rockford, Baretta etc...

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I'll have to check those out. I've seen Cannon, Barnaby Jones, and Mannix from the '70's.

Rockford is the GOAT private eye show

Columbo (you've never seen it????) is the GOAT detective show

these are the two must-watches

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Calling out your dumb posts for being nothing more than whiny bullshite isn't being angry it's just stating facts. You sounding like Nick Fuentes might be the problem here..

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You seem unable to talk about anything rationally and rely on emotion and used fantasized slights to focus your angst.

You seem to imagine attacking those who wish to discuss a topic you don't see the same way as them is your only recourse.

Case in point, in your mind, I'm just like Nick Fuentes, Hitler, or maybe a Klanner for reasonably discussing the easily discernible blueprint given to the great majority of white actors in modern television series.

You seem kind of silly.

Remember you want the '70s Rockford and Columbo

there were '90s revivals

Rockford TV movies weren't very good

In general, avoid the Columbos

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I remember reading a scholarly piece about 40 years ago, which detailed how women look and reflect back upon life as more of a long, intertwining thread. But men look back on life and discern it as individual incidents.

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That was great, Aeolian Vocalion. Thanks for that response; it is a lot to consider.

I see you have not learned your lesson.

You already have your ‘mind’ made up about this topic, so there is no value in having a conversation with you.

Good luck with this tactic! I’m sure it flummoxes children, morons, and your entire family.

It really does have to do with the ratios. Seems like 13% of the actual population, is 60% of the TV population.

People need to stop supporting the bias.