Tried to get through the first episode of Shameless and just couldn't.
Exactly. That was my impression also.There is not a single two minute stretch of that show I could watch with my mother. I don't know of anything my obscene or profane on television. Plus, it just seems like shock for the point of being shocking. There doesn't seem to be a point or message.
Purple, I hope? Interesting. I would have thought Shameless would be more of a guy thing, like Jackass and fart jokes. I'm no prude, and it's definitely not for me, just because like you said, it's pointless.My wife has been watching it non-stop, and it's a serious point of contention in our marriage now.
Exactly. That was my impression also.
Most of the TV watching is done by me with my mom. She is very sensitive to sex scenes and profanity, so that does eliminate a lot of possibilities. Now that I'm hooked on OITNB, I see I'm going to have to find time to watch it on my own. The shower scene in the first episode would have been WAY more than she could handle.
Purple? No, no! She watches the worst slop that Netflix can dump into the feed trough.Purple, I hope? Interesting. I would have thought Shameless would be more of a guy thing, like Jackass and fart jokes. I'm no prude, and it's definitely not for me, just because like you said, it's pointless.
Most of the TV watching is done by me with my mom. She is very sensitive to sex scenes and profanity, so that does eliminate a lot of possibilities. Now that I'm hooked on OITNB, I see I'm going to have to find time to watch it on my own. The shower scene in the first episode would have been WAY more than she could handle.
Shower scene? Is it in a women's prison? And which episode?
Thanks. Will check them out. She's kind of particular.Snap. If you're looking for stuff to watch with mom, Amazon has plenty of Bob Hope stuff. And other similar comedies.
I don't think a show has to have a "point or message" to be entertaining, but you could say Shameless makes a pretty good point that the family wallows in filth and poverty because of bad decision making.
It's actually an adaptation of a British show lol. They might be more to the left politically but they don't put up with the leftist social bullying that we do. If you're a lazy POS an average Englishman will say it without fear of being called ableist or whatever.
Yeah, my wife tried that same tact - "It's based on a British show.You love British shows!"
Still a "no" from me. I'll stick to Father Ted or Father Brown.