From the Has LOSW helped during bad times thread,
Why is that? Do others feel this way as well?
I think much has to do with that we watch wishing we could be directly in on the fun in such an idyllic setting. Yes, we know in reality it's a carefully manicured depiction of life (as I've read on several accounts visiting Holmfirth might be a jolt for someone expecting a near absence of traffic noise or other hustle and bustle). But still.
Then I think about how much of this type of appeal plays into the premise of a movie you may or may not have seen. Pleasantville.
In Pleasantville, David (a young Toby McQuire) is bequest a mysterious television remote. The device literally zaps David and his sister (Reese Witherspoon) into the black and white-era show Pleasantville, of which he is an obsessive fan. The show has been over for decades, sort of a cross between Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver, but lives on in reruns. Bud likes the show because he believes it represents a better time than the one he lives in. I'll stop there.
With that I wonder what you do with such a remote, which transports you in as a character in a Summer Wine episode with Cleggy and.....? Where and what episode and where would you want to "land"? Who would you want to locate first? What would you ask them? What would you take part in?
I would want to be in The Secret Birthday of Norman Clegg. It's a "gathering" episode of the characters so I could just blend in, sit down and people watch. From there I'd decide who to talk to.
I think about the mindset I have to be in before starting a show. Usually the end of the day after supper. No one running up and down the hall screaming. Nothing pressing to make me worry about something I might be neglecting. Calm.
Why is that? Do others feel this way as well?
I think much has to do with that we watch wishing we could be directly in on the fun in such an idyllic setting. Yes, we know in reality it's a carefully manicured depiction of life (as I've read on several accounts visiting Holmfirth might be a jolt for someone expecting a near absence of traffic noise or other hustle and bustle). But still.
Then I think about how much of this type of appeal plays into the premise of a movie you may or may not have seen. Pleasantville.
In Pleasantville, David (a young Toby McQuire) is bequest a mysterious television remote. The device literally zaps David and his sister (Reese Witherspoon) into the black and white-era show Pleasantville, of which he is an obsessive fan. The show has been over for decades, sort of a cross between Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver, but lives on in reruns. Bud likes the show because he believes it represents a better time than the one he lives in. I'll stop there.
With that I wonder what you do with such a remote, which transports you in as a character in a Summer Wine episode with Cleggy and.....? Where and what episode and where would you want to "land"? Who would you want to locate first? What would you ask them? What would you take part in?
I would want to be in The Secret Birthday of Norman Clegg. It's a "gathering" episode of the characters so I could just blend in, sit down and people watch. From there I'd decide who to talk to.
