Word: poniewozik
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...must take issue with James Poniewozik's apologia for reality-TV programs and his view that they teach morality lessons [TELEVISION, April 23]. Programs like Big Brother and Survivor are not group therapy. Nor do they transmit any morals. They are an exhibition of what happens when contestants allow themselves to be showcased in an artificial environment in which they are likely to form emotional attachments while being required to inflict hurt and humiliation on one another. Rather than ask what message these shows send to their viewers, one should consider what irreparable damage they will, over time, cause...
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...gifted colleague Poniewozik would no doubt have preferred Crowe to be pissedand logorrheic. But I'm grateful that Oscar Night 2001 was not a three-hour-27-minute edition of "Jackass." And though I'm not a Julia Roberts fan, I was beguiled by her acceptance speech. She put a lot of zest into thanking "everyone I've ever met in my life," and aspirating, "Ah ha ha, I love it up here!" By the end of her inevitable victory speech, she had achieved TV's first G-rated orgasm...
...Oscars: Where's the Excitement? ? This year's Academy Awards show was efficient and on-task. That's not a good thing, says James Poniewozik...