Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The television series 24 is in its eighth and final season. In the show there are numerous terrorist threats that take place on US soil. The one thing that is clear when dealing with who is mostly responsible for the attacks is that they are from the Middle East. Not every season has people from the Middle East behind all the attacks, but they do have that happen in four of the eight seasons.

I think that is a pretty clear message from the people who come up with story ideas. They either think the Middle East is responsible for every terrorist attack that happens in the world or they're lazy to try and come up with new ideas.

In each season there always other countries that help facilitate attacks, but people from the Middle East play the most prominate role. Nowhere in any of the episodes does it ever show a disclaimer saying that the events that take place or the characters portrayed are fictional and do not represent the true feeling of anyone involved with the show. I think the message is clear when doing these types of storylines that the people involved have something against the Middle East. I'm not saying that is right or wrong for them to have those feelings. However, when doing a television show I think personal feelings and positions should not interfere and overtake making a TV show.

1 comment:

  1. good point re: the Middle Easterners facilitating the terrorism even if they are not the ones behind it. How has the show worked toward to legitimizing various images of American-ness (white hero, African American president, etc.). How does it do with women?

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