Comments on: ABW’s TV Corner – CSI and the ignorant storyline

By: Shawnta

Shawnta — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:41:24 +0000

I think the story was meant to make everyone think because that is how society is.

By: abw

abw — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:16:33 +0000

I know what I talk about in this case ain’t a big deal, but if you understand what I am trying to say, I would like your response or anybody else in reference to what I brought up.

By: abw

abw — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:14:23 +0000

You are right on point as usual. I do not watch that CSI, but I can imagine it being the way you say IT IS. My question is why was the boy black.I know they wanted to throw in about police brutality but how the boy got killed in the first place comes of as a little silly to me. Couldn’t the boy have been doing something else besides this? I am sure that they are not above being biased on this issue because I think I have seen other shows do this too. Most teenagers doing stuff like that are not usually black. I am not saying we do not do things, but many black folks, at least the ones I know ain’t beating up tourists in mobs for fun. That is probably not impossible-but that don’t seem to be our M.O.

By: moondancer

moondancer — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:01:11 +0000

*sigh* my beloved CSI didn’t used to be this bad, but to hear it’s falling into the same network trap the other crime shows allows loop into…it’s sad. Good thing I don’t watch TV much anymore.

Yeah, PoC behind the cameras might help, but I think running the networks would do more good. Will that happen? I’m an idealist so I certainly hope so.

By: Lmary

Lmary — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:21:00 +0000

What ELSE do you all expect?!! The networks,writers,executives et al. are almost always white males and despit contrary opinions are not the paragons of diversity or sensitivity and their ‘liberalism’ is very fake and only extends about as far as a Hurricane Katrina photo-op. the problem is there needs to be more people of color BEHIND the camera instead of in front of it.

By: Anita Marie

Anita Marie — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:18:00 +0000

Hey there Saladin
B.D also has a position of authority- so yeah, it’s a good call.
amm

By: Saladin

Saladin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:54:49 +0000

SVU, rather.

By: Saladin

Saladin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:54:03 +0000

Heh. If it’s any consolation, my wife, a psychologist, says that B.D. Wong on SUV is more or less the only credible psychologist on TV…

By: Anita Marie

Anita Marie — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:03:25 +0000

Well don’t forget…they’ve also got one clever Asian Guy who always seems to be sitting in front of a computer.

Yeah -sure- when we’re not doing Kung Fu or serving tea that’s what we do.
amm

By: Saladin

Saladin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:59:44 +0000

It’s kind of funny how much my wife (Black woman) and I (Arab man) watch CSI, since half the time we end up yelling at the screen, if not for racial weirdness, then for the above-mentioned consistently tentative grasp on whatever ‘niche’ they decide to deal with (did anyone see the Miami epoisode where they handle “gamers”? hilarious). Or for the pure cheese factor.

Las Vegas beats Miami, though, on all levels including the racism…. And the New York cast, besides being mind-bogglingly white, just plain sucks.