JUST DON'T SAY YOU'RE SORRY
NBC issued an apology this week for the opening to the Emmy's. For those of you who didn't see it, well, now you have.
The reason they had to apologize is because certain people found it insensitive on NBC's party to air this opening after the tragic plane crash in Kentucky which had occurred earlier that day.
I don't mean to sound insensitive myself, but COME ON!! How was NBC supposed to redo an entire 6 minute intro, or at least the first two minutes of it, in one day because of a accident No One could have seen coming?
You don't see the plane crash, it's not a violent plane crash, there aren't bodies everywhere, it's a little joke used to put him on the island so they can comment on "Lost" being snubbed this year. Speaking of which, are they going to have to re-write "Lost" now? Will the plane crash be written out entirely and replaced with a boating accident? I empathize with the people who had suddenly lost their loved ones that day, but NBC isn't to blame for it. And I don't know if NBC should have to apologize because 100 people, out of a nation of millions, were offended by something that was on screen for 15 seconds.
There are bigger issues in this world. I won't even get into listing them because it'll take too long, but if an allusion to a fake plane crashing can get one of the Big 3 networks to issue a formal apology, then why haven't some of our nation's real problems been fixed yet? Or at least apologized for?
And speaking of getting worked up over nothing, General Motors decided to pull their sponsorship of the latest installment of "Survivor" because the show is creating four teams based on race. Honest to goodness, what is the Big DEAL?? Sorry GM, sorry that "Survivor" is featuring more non-white contestants than ever before. Sorry they're taking a step forward in a manner you're not comfortable with. Oh, it'll only encourage stereotypes. What are you, new? Anyone that's worried about stereotyping on reality television has obviously never watched reality television. It's ALL stereotypes. You squeeze 39 days into 16 one-hour segments, all you have time for is "Prissy Young Girl" and "Dumb Country Boy" and "Loud Old Man". If anything, having more minorities on the show will prevent them from showing just "Angry Black Guy" or "Mean Asian Woman". Finally, we get to see a "Prissy Young Girl" of ALL races. That's progress people. It honestly is.
It's not like Probst is marking the islands "Whites Only" or "No Asians Allowed", it's a sociological experiment that's going to shaken back up into "normal teams" 5 episodes in. Get a grip people. Seriously.
The only bright side, Febreeze's Survivor Family Moment brought to you by Febreeze really gets a chance to shine now. 15 seconds of awkward conversation just isn't enough for me.
The reason they had to apologize is because certain people found it insensitive on NBC's party to air this opening after the tragic plane crash in Kentucky which had occurred earlier that day.
I don't mean to sound insensitive myself, but COME ON!! How was NBC supposed to redo an entire 6 minute intro, or at least the first two minutes of it, in one day because of a accident No One could have seen coming?
You don't see the plane crash, it's not a violent plane crash, there aren't bodies everywhere, it's a little joke used to put him on the island so they can comment on "Lost" being snubbed this year. Speaking of which, are they going to have to re-write "Lost" now? Will the plane crash be written out entirely and replaced with a boating accident? I empathize with the people who had suddenly lost their loved ones that day, but NBC isn't to blame for it. And I don't know if NBC should have to apologize because 100 people, out of a nation of millions, were offended by something that was on screen for 15 seconds.
There are bigger issues in this world. I won't even get into listing them because it'll take too long, but if an allusion to a fake plane crashing can get one of the Big 3 networks to issue a formal apology, then why haven't some of our nation's real problems been fixed yet? Or at least apologized for?
And speaking of getting worked up over nothing, General Motors decided to pull their sponsorship of the latest installment of "Survivor" because the show is creating four teams based on race. Honest to goodness, what is the Big DEAL?? Sorry GM, sorry that "Survivor" is featuring more non-white contestants than ever before. Sorry they're taking a step forward in a manner you're not comfortable with. Oh, it'll only encourage stereotypes. What are you, new? Anyone that's worried about stereotyping on reality television has obviously never watched reality television. It's ALL stereotypes. You squeeze 39 days into 16 one-hour segments, all you have time for is "Prissy Young Girl" and "Dumb Country Boy" and "Loud Old Man". If anything, having more minorities on the show will prevent them from showing just "Angry Black Guy" or "Mean Asian Woman". Finally, we get to see a "Prissy Young Girl" of ALL races. That's progress people. It honestly is.
It's not like Probst is marking the islands "Whites Only" or "No Asians Allowed", it's a sociological experiment that's going to shaken back up into "normal teams" 5 episodes in. Get a grip people. Seriously.
The only bright side, Febreeze's Survivor Family Moment brought to you by Febreeze really gets a chance to shine now. 15 seconds of awkward conversation just isn't enough for me.
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