There comes a time when
all you can do is sit and look at the T.V. and wonder “How the hell did I get
addicted to it?” Well, trust me, I’ve been asking myself the same question from
the past whatnot years. And at the end of it all, I couldn’t get myself an
answer to the question “How the hell did I get addicted to the television set?”
I’ve had a couple of
theories, a couple of epiphany’s that led me where I wanted to be. Alas! All in
vain. But there is something about the pulp fiction that gets all of us hooked
to the fictional lives of our meta-beings. Was it the simplicity of
“F.R.I.E.N.D.S”, or was it the underworld adventure of “Breaking Bad”, or
probably the fact these characters are a
part of us and the mere fact that we
connect to them , each and every one of us in our own special way. For example,
I connected to Richard Castle (from Castle)
because both of us share the same love for literature, and he is the first one
to crack the wackiest of jokes.
I know all of us have
had a character on screen whom they think completely defines them, as if it was
them played by someone on screen. We've all had that embarrassing moment, we've all have that proud moment, some of us have even had that you-know-what moment.
So it isn't about a character “being you” on screen but the fact that you can relate to them in the most smallest and insignificant way. Many of us have the
dorkiest brother like in Melissa and
Joey or the most annoying sister like Monica in F.R.I.E.N.D.S. It’s about
that one connection with numerous of those actors who are trying to get us to
like them. They try to do it in their very own and special way.
And who doesn't want be
badass like Max in 2 broke girls or
intelligent like Mike and Harvey in Suits
and/or brave like Tyrion in our new and favorite T.V show Game of Thrones or pretty like Penny in The Big Bang Theory.
People find their
superheroes in Marvel comics, I find them in the one place where no one goes
for inspiration, where people actually try to be a regular Joe just to get our
attention or act stupendously crazy, but that too just to get our attention. I
don’t think man has superpowers , I think man has magic, the magic to grab
attention, the magic to be someone they are not and still get praised for it ,
the magic to wrap us under the cloak of life. TV is just not for TV buffs to
quote , it’s there was inspiration, it’s there for a Joe to see another Joe be
someone if they just did the effort, be someone whom they always wanted to be.
MAGIC.
But, it all comes down
to that one question , “How the hell did
I get addicted to the television set?”
I guess I don’t know, I
don’t know how I got addicted to this incredible thing that has always inspired
me and been on my side when others were not.
P.S: I AM NOT CRAZY, I
KNOW THEY ARE FICTIONAL.
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