Tuesday, November 15, 2005
and an ambiguously gay child will lead them
As I was wasting last watching TV as I cooked food for the next 6 days (mustard chicken, and roast veggie pan....mmmm), Gil Grissom was doing that thing where he deadpans, "follow the physical evidence, the evidence doesn't lie." And that got me thinking about the what hole in ourselves CSI patches and has been patching for 6+years.
I firmly believe CSI acts as an antidote to all of the bullshit in the world. We are misled with great frequency. We have a White House that is the most renowned for truth-bending since Nixon, and we live in a society where Princeton sociology profs publish books called "On Bullshit." http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/on_bullshit/ about the detrimental effects of bullshit vs. outright lies. In this swirl where nothing is concrete, the idea that there is order, truth, and retribution is seductive.
CSI uses the great moral unknown of modernity, technology, to lasso and hogtie the truth. Nobody wants to give un the internet, stem cell research, or GPS, but we do have a nagging sense thanks to Anthony Burgess and John Ashcroft that all this might be totally evil.
CSI lets us know that technology is there to help us. Fancy shit that only sortof exists supports the work of straight-shooters even in a town so corrupt as Las Vegas.
I am speaking specifically about the CSIs/NCIS. They use technology to entrap the villain. The Law&Order franchise is a much dirtier world filled with deals, cases lost in trial, and political meddling. While this may be realer, I live in that world and it is no fun. I do not find L&A nearly as appealing zonk-out fare.
So let's cut through the crap, Vaughn. Gil Grissom is Jesus. He is pure and untainted. And he will lead us to a better society which has been possible all the while within us.
N.B. Kansas:Jesus is an intellectual.
I firmly believe CSI acts as an antidote to all of the bullshit in the world. We are misled with great frequency. We have a White House that is the most renowned for truth-bending since Nixon, and we live in a society where Princeton sociology profs publish books called "On Bullshit." http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/on_bullshit/ about the detrimental effects of bullshit vs. outright lies. In this swirl where nothing is concrete, the idea that there is order, truth, and retribution is seductive.
CSI uses the great moral unknown of modernity, technology, to lasso and hogtie the truth. Nobody wants to give un the internet, stem cell research, or GPS, but we do have a nagging sense thanks to Anthony Burgess and John Ashcroft that all this might be totally evil.
CSI lets us know that technology is there to help us. Fancy shit that only sortof exists supports the work of straight-shooters even in a town so corrupt as Las Vegas.
I am speaking specifically about the CSIs/NCIS. They use technology to entrap the villain. The Law&Order franchise is a much dirtier world filled with deals, cases lost in trial, and political meddling. While this may be realer, I live in that world and it is no fun. I do not find L&A nearly as appealing zonk-out fare.
So let's cut through the crap, Vaughn. Gil Grissom is Jesus. He is pure and untainted. And he will lead us to a better society which has been possible all the while within us.
N.B. Kansas:Jesus is an intellectual.
# posted by 8yearoldsdude @ 11:28 AM 
