Not too long ago I discovered a show that is up there with the "most annoying tv shows of all time" called Mysterious Ways. It's made in the likes of Touched by an Angel and Twice in a Lifetime, which tops the chart with statements like "secular humanists are dimwits" said by supernatural characters (the show was cancelled 2 years ago, but bear with me, things take a little longer to reach Canada).
Mysterious Ways is about a "miracle investigator" (meaning he wants to prove to the world that miracles really do exist) who believes in anything and everything he is told, while everyone else around him is skeptical, but in the end he always turns out to be right, of course. The "investigations" range between everything from coincidences to psychic predictions to miraculous healings, and the underlying message is that paranormal phenomena is very real (they even throw in science-types to prove the veracity of some) and it's all a message from god, who after all, works in "mysterious ways". Maybe they're also sending flashes of subliminal messages saying "skepticism is a tool of satan". I wouldn't be surprised.
No, I don't like to be annoyed.. but sometimes this shit is the least annoying thing on television at 3 in the afternoon; plus it's good to know a topic well if you want to trash it!
And as if we needed yet another "reality tv" show, yesterday was the premiere of He's a Lady, a show where "ultra-macho, hard-working, All-American men" try to be as womanly as possible to win 1/4 million dollars. The first episode was mainly about the contestants getting full-body waxes, putting on hookerish makeup and nails, and walking in high heels, none of which I've ever done... The thing is, I kinda like watching it. I get a weird satisfaction watching gender benders, as trashy as they may be. I don't know where the show is going but I'm hoping that more people will see this and get (at least subconsciously) that gender is just a social construct. Who knows, maybe it'll work.
Mysterious Ways is about a "miracle investigator" (meaning he wants to prove to the world that miracles really do exist) who believes in anything and everything he is told, while everyone else around him is skeptical, but in the end he always turns out to be right, of course. The "investigations" range between everything from coincidences to psychic predictions to miraculous healings, and the underlying message is that paranormal phenomena is very real (they even throw in science-types to prove the veracity of some) and it's all a message from god, who after all, works in "mysterious ways". Maybe they're also sending flashes of subliminal messages saying "skepticism is a tool of satan". I wouldn't be surprised.
No, I don't like to be annoyed.. but sometimes this shit is the least annoying thing on television at 3 in the afternoon; plus it's good to know a topic well if you want to trash it!
