51. Television has more channels than ever before, more prime-time shows than ever before and, of course, more commercials than ever before. 52. Television already has all the techniques down for transmitting planned, bearable, rerunnable death. 53. Television also has had an impact. 54. Television has a long history of rejecting movie and theater actors who loom large. 55. Television has an emotional power, an immediacy that the written word can hardly match. 56. Television has its own version of the chick flick, naturally. 57. Television has the power to give ideas to wackos. 58. Television certainly has its powers. 59. Television does have its uses. 60. Television had a harder time showing the imagery of people jumping from the buildings. |