tolerance-related stories
Posted Jul 23rd 2007 1:21PM by Jen Creer
Filed under: OpEd, The 4400, Episode Reviews

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S04E06) After last week's review, I had some really great and interesting email conversations with some of the commenters here. And decided that it's not the fact that
The 4400 is having religion as plot lines that bothers me-- it's Jordan's fundamental hypocrisy that bothers me. Jordan claims to be good and to give people choices, but he doesn't think twice about having his goon squad use their abilities to harm people (he brought Tom to his knees in "Try the Pie"), with promises of more harm to come.
Do you really think Jordan had nothing to do with Hewitt's stroke? And what was the point of it anyway when they know that Shawn heals people? And that looked very impressive when Shawn told Hewitt not to thank him, just to "Change." Uh, yeah, because that is so easy. But on the whole, I loved this episode and I have really enjoyed this season tremendously so far.
Continue reading The 4400: The Marked
Posted Oct 6th 2006 10:27AM by Michael Sciannamea
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, OpEd, My Name Is Earl
(S02E03) Who would have thought that we would have gotten a lesson in acceptance and tolerance of others from, of all people, Earl Hickey?
After watching the classic movie "Freaks" this past weekend, I had wondered if we'd see anything in the mass media that depicted people who were considered "freaks" anymore without encountering a great deal of controversy. Leave it to My Name Is Earl to bring it forward, but doing it in such a way that it warms your heart in the end.
Continue reading My Name Is Earl: Sticks and Stones
Posted Sep 21st 2006 11:45PM by Michael Sciannamea
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, OpEd, The Office
(S03E01) OK, I know I sound like a broken record, but The Office is hands down the best sitcom on television. If this season's first episode is not considered an instant classic, then there's something really wrong going on here.
Continue reading The Office: Gay Witch Hunt (season premiere)
Posted May 8th 2006 1:03PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Industry, Animation
A new cartoon created to promote tolerance between the East and West is being screened today in New York City. The cartoon, created by a Jordanian media firm and titled Ben and Izzy, will focus on an American child (Ben) and his Arab friend Izzy, both grandsons of archaeologists, who, along with a genie named Yasmine (voice by Lucy Liu), have "Indiana Jones" style adventures while trying to thwart an evil antiques dealer named Clutchford Wells. The cartoon will focus on their cultural differences, but more importantly their ability to work together as a team and find common ground. There does not appear to be an information so far as to whether the show will be picked up by American television or not, though it does feature some voices familiar to American cartoons, such as Kath Soucie and Mark Hamill.