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ABOUT THE TV SERIES AGAIN
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/06/26/85153/
June 26, 2012 12:47
>From time to time our intellectuals, most probably, being idle and
longing to express their civic position on some safe issue, decide to
deal with the TV series. Complaining about the TV series is really a
harmless thing - the target of criticism is indefinite, vague, it is
neither an official nor an oligarch nor a bodyguard and cannot harm
one physically.
As far as I know, intellectuals haven't sent an open letter to the
president regarding the election or say the violent beating up at
Harsnakar and in regard to the TV series, it has been done lots of
times. Probably they expect that the president will slam his fist down
on the table and will demand to forbid all the TV series and in that
case the social morality and the new generation will be rescued from
all temptations. In reality, it would be very undesirable, if the head
of the country intervened in the given matter in such a way - it would
mean that we live under a totalitarian regime. Once the state or its
representatives take on the task of protecting the social morality, the
next step is the establishment of the Ministry of Truth, which protects
any value in the way the government and its functionaries perceive it.
Intellectuals who are regularly concerned about the TV series claim
that they lead the youth in a wrong direction and the moral degradation
of our society is to a large extent conditional on the content of
that TV genre. First I don't think that today's youth is worse than we
were - it is an ordinary grumble of adults. Second I don't think that
we are facing degradation in this very period of time. The Armenian
society is as degraded today as it was in 1970s when the minority
lived for spiritual values and the majority dreamt of a GAZ-24,
a dacha, an office and "making money." What TV series made people
steal spare parts from factories 40 years ago -The Forsyte Saga, an
English TV series, or Seventeen Moments of Spring, a Soviet TV series?
The above-mentioned doesn't mean at all that I am a fan of TV series
genre. On the contrary, TV series are mass consumption goods, a
tasteless gum, as a rule, which is thrown into people's mouth, since
cooking a good meal is too expensive and requires more effort. But does
anyone seriously think that if one day TV channels suddenly decide
to show exceptionally the masterpieces of Fellini or Tarkovsky, the
majority of our youth will not long for resembling our oligarchs with
their attitude, outlook and language and our housewives will feel
happier because of that? One certainly should fight vulgarity and
tastelessness, but "on one's own," without applying to the president.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/06/26/85153/
June 26, 2012 12:47
>From time to time our intellectuals, most probably, being idle and
longing to express their civic position on some safe issue, decide to
deal with the TV series. Complaining about the TV series is really a
harmless thing - the target of criticism is indefinite, vague, it is
neither an official nor an oligarch nor a bodyguard and cannot harm
one physically.
As far as I know, intellectuals haven't sent an open letter to the
president regarding the election or say the violent beating up at
Harsnakar and in regard to the TV series, it has been done lots of
times. Probably they expect that the president will slam his fist down
on the table and will demand to forbid all the TV series and in that
case the social morality and the new generation will be rescued from
all temptations. In reality, it would be very undesirable, if the head
of the country intervened in the given matter in such a way - it would
mean that we live under a totalitarian regime. Once the state or its
representatives take on the task of protecting the social morality, the
next step is the establishment of the Ministry of Truth, which protects
any value in the way the government and its functionaries perceive it.
Intellectuals who are regularly concerned about the TV series claim
that they lead the youth in a wrong direction and the moral degradation
of our society is to a large extent conditional on the content of
that TV genre. First I don't think that today's youth is worse than we
were - it is an ordinary grumble of adults. Second I don't think that
we are facing degradation in this very period of time. The Armenian
society is as degraded today as it was in 1970s when the minority
lived for spiritual values and the majority dreamt of a GAZ-24,
a dacha, an office and "making money." What TV series made people
steal spare parts from factories 40 years ago -The Forsyte Saga, an
English TV series, or Seventeen Moments of Spring, a Soviet TV series?
The above-mentioned doesn't mean at all that I am a fan of TV series
genre. On the contrary, TV series are mass consumption goods, a
tasteless gum, as a rule, which is thrown into people's mouth, since
cooking a good meal is too expensive and requires more effort. But does
anyone seriously think that if one day TV channels suddenly decide
to show exceptionally the masterpieces of Fellini or Tarkovsky, the
majority of our youth will not long for resembling our oligarchs with
their attitude, outlook and language and our housewives will feel
happier because of that? One certainly should fight vulgarity and
tastelessness, but "on one's own," without applying to the president.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress