Let’s break down how the elements used in TV effectively work together to create the timeless scripted shows that we've all come to know and love.
It's 2018 and our options for entertainment are nearly endless, yet we still find ourselves spending our time obsessing over the past; particularly sitting all day watching reruns of film and TV shows that have been long gone for decades. Why do we keep walking down memory lane time after time?
Once Netflix got ahold of all ten seasons of what seems to be regarded as the pinnacle of '90s programming, I no longer had an excuse for not investigating further. Also, I was kind of over not understanding references and wanted to see what all the hubbub was about.
How the reaction to a piece about how 'Friends' holds up illustrates some of the worst tendencies of pop culture analysis on the Internet.
The second we get a chance to escape from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we leap into a world of creative imagination where life and art intertwine, and as we relentlessly explore endless content in the media library, we're bound to find something that we'll invest our time in (mostly years), that hits all the right buttons of our psyche. There are many reasons as to why we get more emotionally involved in fiction than the lives we lead.
This time of year is definitely one of my favorites (minus the weather). We get so many great holidays including...
