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A mainstream television program is loaded with the makers' political opinions? Never(!)
by Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y ago
A mainstream television program is loaded with the makers' political opinions? Never(!)
- ahahahahah 3y agowow, so sharp and insightful... except that that's not really what the article is about. it's more about how hard it is for the maker' political opinions to be loaded in the show: > This plot arc aired in the mid-1990s, when abortion wasn’t really an option for characters on television shows. If a series even openly discussed abortion, it risked the ire of highly organized media watchdogs on the religious right who would lead boycotts and threaten skittish advertisers. and it's about how the "makers" of the show didn't know it was happening: > Outside of a select few insiders, no one—including Aaron Spelling, Melrose’s legendary executive producer—knew what it was doing.