Watching TV - there must be a trick that I'm missing
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mothwingHow do you guys watch TV?
This is a serious question. Ever since I got sick I rediscovered watching TV in an attempt to brighten my mood. Turns out it's not as effortless as I thought it was, because pretending that things never happened to keep my mood from plummeting isn't effortless, relaxed entertainment.
It used to be easy before I got sick - turn on TV, forget I am a gay woman and that I actually care about people, go.
Now, not only can I not forget I'm a gay woman, I'm also no longer able to appreciate cynicism because again, it hurts my mood. And I like being in a good mood. I only started watching TV again because it requires comparatively less effort than reading and since my expectations of TV are so low that I'm not as easily disappointed or hurt by issues relating to LGBT people/gender/race, bad characters, bad writing, historical inaccuracies, you name it.
Still, even given my really low expectations, it's getting harder and harder to watch TV without needing to make a conscious effort to pretend that what you just saw did not happen and force your mind to black out whatever comedy or sitcom just drove home that people like me deserve to die/be raped/be tortured/be in pain because that's funny.
Is there a trick to this that I'm missing? If you watch TV, I'd like to know what your methods are, and I'd also be really grateful for recommendations for funny series.
This is a serious question. Ever since I got sick I rediscovered watching TV in an attempt to brighten my mood. Turns out it's not as effortless as I thought it was, because pretending that things never happened to keep my mood from plummeting isn't effortless, relaxed entertainment.
It used to be easy before I got sick - turn on TV, forget I am a gay woman and that I actually care about people, go.
Now, not only can I not forget I'm a gay woman, I'm also no longer able to appreciate cynicism because again, it hurts my mood. And I like being in a good mood. I only started watching TV again because it requires comparatively less effort than reading and since my expectations of TV are so low that I'm not as easily disappointed or hurt by issues relating to LGBT people/gender/race, bad characters, bad writing, historical inaccuracies, you name it.
Still, even given my really low expectations, it's getting harder and harder to watch TV without needing to make a conscious effort to pretend that what you just saw did not happen and force your mind to black out whatever comedy or sitcom just drove home that people like me deserve to die/be raped/be tortured/be in pain because that's funny.
Is there a trick to this that I'm missing? If you watch TV, I'd like to know what your methods are, and I'd also be really grateful for recommendations for funny series.
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Date: Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 04:48 pm (UTC)OH, unless it's a female protagonist. Female white "eyecandy" heterosexual angsty protagonist having a career until season two, when she remembers women ought to have babies - ZAP - female white "eyecandy" heterosexual angsty protagonist fighting crime and the rising sexual tension with her rugged hetersexual sidekick - ZAP - female white "eyecandy" heterosexual angsty and worryingly thin protagonist being psychic - ZAP ack, to hell with it.
Not to mention that the only LGBT folks on TV there are a.) white and b.) either (supposedly) funny or dead. Or both.
I think the only media that could possibly be worse are opera and graphic novels. Boy am I glad I never got into either of those. <_<