>It's not really that wild of an idea. People look at film for
>different reasons. TV as well. I love The Shield, but even I
>wondered at the beginning of the season how much I wanted to
>watch because it was so depressing.

so other than movies based on theme park rides, the only other option is stuff that is "depressing" and "lectures about what is wrong with the world"?

i don't see how my "reading" of that is limited. i think the only thing limited is the thinking that presents that kind of argument in the first place.