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I don't agree with the premise of this article. It makes it sound like people who don't like this upcoming show don't like to have fun. Personally, I would lov
by atarian 15y ago
I don't agree with the premise of this article. It makes it sound like people who don't like this upcoming show don't like to have fun.
Personally, I would love to see a show about Silicon Valley, especially one that has a lot of comedy in it. But this show portrays a glamorous lifestyle which seems really condescending and skips what puts the "silicon" in Silicon Valley.
With that said, I think Techcrunch is disagreeing just for the sake of disagreeing; it puts them in a position to put down other people (ex. pandodaily) and generate more buzz.
- thinkingdeeply 15y agoI would love to see a real show too, but reality TV and founding a company are anathema to each other. Cheever put it best in his joke e-mail. How are you supposed to be heads down, focusing on solving the right problems when TV cameras are all around? It's not surprising that no one credible or serious actually signed up for this for fear of career suicide. I don't think TC's trying to put down anyone either. The irony is that Lacy wanted to do her own reality TV show startup competition that ended in Las Vegas, but Randi beat her to the punch her own mainstream TV deal. So Sarah's just trying to position herself as the "serious" authority in Silicon Valley for later deals down the road even though she is very much part of the same overall trend toward superficiality and showmanship.