Talk:The TV Set

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[edit] Importance of this film/review

Though this film was competently made and the acting was in no way poor, as a whole this film does not exceed the standards of the American Television Industry, and indeed it seems that it did not attempt to be much above a passably entertaining piece of work which only lightly lampoons the television industry. Its main theme seems to be that television is aimed at the least common denominator of the tv watching public, and that anything which attempts to rise beyond that standard will inevitably be consigned to the scrap heap. The pilot, the main 'actor' of the film, begins as a genuine piece of artistic effort, with a comedy driven by the tragedy of human experience, as many great comedies are... but through 'focus testing' and with the assistance of the superior television experience of the studio executives, all trace of art is bashed down, pared off, and polished into a brilliant gem of mediocrity.

If someone wants to reword the above to make it less POV and more encyclopedic, feel free, it's my impression, having just seen the movie. I would rate it a solid 6 on a scale of 1-10, and no more, yet there is not really anything I could really complain about. The acting is competent, the technical side is fine, it just really seemed not very great, and it seemed as if that was exactly what it was trying to be. User:Pedant 01:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

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