Over at the History Channel, they've been running and re-running and re-re-running their new special, Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed. In general, it's a pretty good special.
They have lots of interviews with academics who try to point out allegories to mythology. Some of them seem quite reasonable; only a few seem like a big stretch.
They have lots of interviews with creators of other modern "genre" pieces, such as J.J. Abrams (creator of Alias and Lost), and Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, and Firefly).
They have lots of interviews with notable celebrity "fanboys" of Star Wars, such as Kevin Smith and Stephen Colbert.
All of this makes sense to me.
And then, they have interviews with Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich. Which is where I stop and ask, "what the hell?" Why should I or anyone else care what the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (past or present) has to say about Star Wars? Were the makers of the special having that hard a time filling the last two-and-a-half minutes or so of their two hour program? Did none of those other people I mentioned have anything else worthwhile to say to fill that time?
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The next question is, which of the two did want to talk to first? I'm sure they had to pick a representative from both parties in the interest of "fairness."
I thought the same thing!
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