Thursday, July 6
Thursday, July 06, 2006 | 
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thistle
I was watching a nature show on polar bears yesterday, and it got really intense*. Momma polar bear and her two cubs were being chased across an immense wasteland of ice by a menacing male polar bear. One of the cubs couldn't keep up anymore, and fell exhausted down on the snow. Momma polar bear - let's call her Sophie - had to decide whether to stop and protect the downed cub or keep trying to escape with the heartier cub who was still on its feet. Sophie ended up running away with the cub that could still keep up. I was crying freely when the male polar bear started ripping into the first cub, and the blood got all over the snow.
Deciding that this wasn't exactly the relaxing TV fix I was looking for, I flipped to a different channel. When I saw what was on, I thought to myself 'ah, thank goodness. Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,' and cheered up immediately. What kind of nutcase am I that the death of a polar bear cub totally undid me, but a show about the rape and murder of children seemed like a happy, lighthearted diversion?
*even more intense than the computer-generated polar bear tragedy in Inconvenient Truth.
Deciding that this wasn't exactly the relaxing TV fix I was looking for, I flipped to a different channel. When I saw what was on, I thought to myself 'ah, thank goodness. Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,' and cheered up immediately. What kind of nutcase am I that the death of a polar bear cub totally undid me, but a show about the rape and murder of children seemed like a happy, lighthearted diversion?
*even more intense than the computer-generated polar bear tragedy in Inconvenient Truth.
5 comments:
I like Law and Order: Criminal Intent best. Mostly because I think Vincent D'Onofrio is dreamy.
When Katrina hit, I felt more sorrow seeing images of stranded animals than stranded people. On an intellectual level, I knew this was wrong, but on a primitive, emotional level, I couldn't help myself. This has haunted me so much, I considered making a postcard and sending it to Post Secret, but now I can't, because I've told someone. It's okay, though--I've got a ton more secrets.
I also like SVU a lot (and CI as well). I turn to that show to unwind, but it's a good question how that makes sense given the horrible crimes they deal with. Intriguing, I'll have to think about this more (am not sure why I haven't thought about it already).
Meanwhile, that computer generated polar bear tragedy haunts me still.
clear: I've heard a couple of people say that the polar bear swimming to death in Inconvenient Truth was the most powerful part of the movie.
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