I will cut to the chase… CSI sucks. Dexter FTW! (NCIS ftw too but that’s going to be in another blog)
I found this article interesting. The Parents Television Council is boycotting Dexter because it’s strong gore and mild sexual nature content. I find their website absolutely fascinating.
The Parents Television Council™ (www.parentstv.org®) is a non-partisan education organization advocating responsible entertainment. It was founded in 1995 to ensure that children are not constantly assaulted by sex, violence and profanity on television and in other media.
Children assaulted by sex, violence and profanity… -_- Bloody hell, the beginning credits are a good 45 seconds long. You have enough time to change the channel!
I’ve watched Dexter up until Season 2 Episode 6 and then I stopped because I felt the content wasn’t appropriate to watch with my newborn daughter around. I want a clean and zen environment for her, naturally. I won’t let my daughter be in the room if I decide to watch Dexter again.
However, that’s just it. It’s up to me, as a parent, to turn the channel or just not watch it. I find it aggravating when gungho zealots have to ruin it for all those mature and responsible enough to watch a show with graphic nature by pulling advertisements. It’s not the television’s fault that the ratings were astronomical enough to put it on a standard television station. In theory, the content of one of television’s most watched shows, CSI, is much worse.
In Dexter, you don’t see ‘CSI patented cool cinematic effects’ a baby dying in a car from heat exhaustion because the parents can’t be arsed to pay for their sick child’s hospital bills. Instead, you see a man crippled by the urge to kill people that actually do such atrocious things. Why hasn’t their been a boycott for CSI in the past 7 - 8 years? Their material has not only become more far-fetched but more disturbing than a man that kills those who kill.
So.. how is the world today?
