I never knew that I would turn into my grandmother in respects to following tv shows, but lo and behold, as I begin my winter break, I am caught up watching syndicated runs of CSI. The show is so appealing to me for so many reasons. I like the stories and love the characters (absolutely LOVE Gary Dourdan), but I simply could not live with out the way they use science and deductive reasoning to solve the cases. To this aspect, each character's personality often compliments the scene/case. And while looking at the episode, there are some crazy advanced camera techniques in here, namely selective focusing . They also use different styles to advance stories. The episode that I'm currently watching is a taken directly from Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon. There is homage paid to the same film in the early 2008 film Vantage Point. The premise lies in the conflicting stories that arrives from different perspectives of the same event.
My second show, should have been the first, is Ugly Betty. America Ferrera is the face of change, not only in the show, but in primetime tv. Who would have thought that a unconventional beauty could rise up and bring so many viewers to the network. I am more in love with this show than the previous one because of its soap opeara format and emphasis on minorities, both in front and behind the camera. For those that do not now, the show is based on the Columbian telanovella, Betty le feo (Betty the ugly). Salma Hayek serves as one of the executive producers and was even featured in several episodes. Ah, I really can't put into words what this show means and how much I love it....stay tuned for a new post about it in the future.
