TV vs. Art: A Brief Deconstruction of Shifting Paradigms in the Dialogism of Awesome

Oh, really? You don’t watch TV? Oh, wait, you don’t even own a TV? Good for you, you pretentious ass hat. I guess that does make you smarter than me. No, seriously, you’re awesome. And SO right. I mean, books and paintings and the whatnot are obviously more valid forms of art and entertainment! Especially that Mary Higgins Clark. Ooh, and Thomas Kinkade! I never thought I could have such a profound experience of art appreciation. In, you know, a mall. And, well, movies are obviously pretty borderline, at best, but compared to that brain rotting garbage on television, they’re like, Shakespeareish or something. Not that you’d know, cause you don’t have time to watch television. LIAR.

I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree, then. Because we here at TVontheTelevision own TVs. We like to watch them. Nay, love to watch them, and the awesomely amazing awesomeness that often issues forth. And while nobody here is exactly going to stand up and make a rousing defense for, say, According to Jim, we think that, overall, there’s some truly original, daring, hilarious, clever, thought-provoking, tear-jerking, ridiculous and – most importantly – entertaining stuff out there. The kind that makes us watch an entire season (or three) on DVD in one weekend. The kind that makes you hit pause and look at the other people in the room and just go, holy shit. The kind that makes us want to – sweet, bleeding Christ – write a blog about it.

I’m sorry it didn’t work out between us. No, seriously, we wish you all the best. So go on, enjoy that copy of the Nation and the midnight screening of 8 1/2. We’ll be here, getting’ our V. Mars/ Battlestar / Wire/ Freaks&Geeks / O.C. / Sopranos / Psych / Firefly / 30 Rock / West Wing / Heroes / Grey’s Anatomy / Office / Kids in the Hall / Project Runway / Buffy / How I Met Your Mother / Deadwood / Degrassi / Top Chef / Lost / Curb Your Enthusiasm / Mr. Show on, among things. We’ll be okay.