Comments on Elsie and Joe Deluxe: kill your television, Lewis and Clark

I think this is probably along the lines of what S...

2008-05-09T12:15:00.000-04:00

I think this is probably along the lines of what Shaun said: they want to put on a play and have a permanent record of it. I imagine they're thinking of telling a story with their performance, rather than creating a documentary or something else... they are just not all that sophisticated in their tv viewing.

Anyway, what we'll do is work together to create some kind of play, and then

That would leave me a bit perplexed as well, given...

2008-05-09T07:28:00.000-04:00

That would leave me a bit perplexed as well, given your lifestyle. Oddly, my family is cable wired (okay...all but ME, but my vote was overruled!), yet they NEVER want to create a tv show, even when it is the most ideal format! And they are both in theater, so it makes little sense.

It will be interesting to hear how the final product turns out. Nothing to stress over...as you said,

look forward to hearing about their first film dir...

2008-05-08T23:18:00.000-04:00

look forward to hearing about their first film directorial/producing debut - maybe film and post? who knows, they might be the next lucas/speilberg due and bring their rich imagination to the world.

as i have mentioned, i did attend a waldorf school, my house was not a tv free home, i watched tv, and my class was half half i would say on tv vs no tv... and each kid reacted differently

I can tell you that Violet's first choice for that...

2008-05-08T21:21:00.000-04:00

I can tell you that Violet's first choice for that would likely have been "make a video," which would have meant something like "put on a play and film it, possibly with cool effects." She loves to act things out, and she loves the idea of some permanent record of the performance.

So in our house, I wouldn't read her response as especially telling about her attitude toward TV. That's

You might be interested to know, Elsie, that when ...

2008-05-08T19:35:00.000-04:00

You might be interested to know, Elsie, that when they are at Granna's house, Big has very little interest in tv. Little still does, as Big did at Little's age, but Big has moved on. He mostly watches to keep Little company when Grandad and I are unable to do so.

So I"m curious -- was it mainly Big's idea or Little's, this Lewis and Clark show?

And what kind of a TV show? An interview? A newsca...

2008-05-08T19:03:00.000-04:00

And what kind of a TV show? An interview? A newscast? A documentary?

We're just the same: no broadcast or cable, only D...

2008-05-08T11:55:00.000-04:00

We're just the same: no broadcast or cable, only DVDs for adults after hours, but TV acceptable at grandma's house.

I worry about the forbidden fruit thing too. Sometimes if there's a TV in a restaurant or something, we sit where we can't see it if possible, or we end up telling the kids to quit watching it all the time.

I think that led my son to think he would get in trouble