Isabel Bandoroff: Blog post 5

The main reason why people watch TV, or at least why I watch it, is the same reason why people read. To go somewhere else and to experience life from someone else's perspective, to feel what they feel and to carry their problems and accomplishments. Tv and movies just visualize what we read in books, it takes the story one step further. This being said, there are many pointless and stupid shows. Some of my favorite shows are Scandal, Grey's Anatomy (even though I hate that I love it), that '70s show, True Detective (the first season), Freaks and Geeks, and Bobs Burgers. Shows that I hate include the teenage drama genre like teen wolf and pretty little liars. I like Scandal because politics fascinate me, and although the stories aren't true, we cannot deny that politicians do have secrets and skeletons in their closet that they don't want us to know about - but doesn't everyone have those? Grey's Anatomy is interesting because even though the cases are unrealistic and the doctors are sex-crazy drama queens, I love the characters and a future in medicine is on my radar. That '70s show is extremely funny, the conversations that Hyde, Fez, Kelso, and Eric have in the basement when they're high make me laugh so much. It along with Freaks and Geeks also show what it would be like growing up as a teenager in the 70s and 80s which I think is cool. Lastly, true detective is insanely messed up and all of the characters have psychological issues which make them compelling.