Small Talk: Ghostly Chats

[kathyk2]

5 hours ago, Chit Chat said:

A nod to either one would be ok, but I don't want a running commentary on it.   

I especially don't want them to go the way that NBC did with Will & Grace years ago where they frequently made negative comments about Pres. Bush.  It's unnecessary and distracts from the show, and we know they'd be more likely to do that to one candidate over the other.  🙄   

If they start that crap, I'm out.   

 

  

Ghosts is a fantasy show they won't discuss current events. If you follow the cast IRL you know where they stand.

[Chit Chat]

5 hours ago, kathyk2 said:

If you follow the cast IRL you know where they stand.

That's not what I was addressing.  The poster asked if it would be addressed by the characters of the show, and that's the angle I was coming from.  A nod to a huge current event like this is okay with me, but as I said, I don't want the writers and/or producers to make it a running commentary like other comedies have done in the past.    

[Browncoat]

15 hours ago, KarenX said:

Alberta who probably voted in the first election after the 19th amendment

As a Black woman, she probably didn't.  I'd be willing to bet Flower didn't vote, either. most likely out of forgetfulness.

Edited November 6 by Browncoat

[PaulE]

I think they'd be wise to avoid politics in general, especially now that we know the election results, if only because the fans probably represent the political spectrum, so why antagonize anyone?  That'll just drive viewers away, which won't be good for ratings.  Also, we need to have a few places we can go where we're not divided by politics (other than British Tories vs. American Patriots, of course!).

[Lugal]

I agree the show should avoid current electoral politics, both to avoid alienating the viewers, but also because most of the ghosts are old enough that politics really doesn't matter.

[shapeshifter]

On 11/5/2024 at 5:17 PM, KarenX said:

…These ghosts are rather political, with Isaac as a founding father wannabe and Sass’s pointed remarks and Hetty with her women shouldn’t vote schtick and Alberta who probably voted in the first election after the 19th amendment and Flower the straight up activist?
Do you think there is a version with a scene acknowledging…[the outcome of the election]…

With hunts have a long history with politics, gender roles, and economics. 
I guess Patience's arc is supposed to have covered it.🤷🏻‍♀️👻

[Annber03]

1 hour ago, Lugal said:

I agree the show should avoid current electoral politics, both to avoid alienating the viewers, but also because most of the ghosts are old enough that politics really doesn't matter.

It would be interesting to use their respective time periods' political views to put all of this into perspective somehow. At the very least, it'd give us some insight into how they as characters handled and responded to the politics of their respective times. 

[ebk57]

According to this weekend's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me, all of the ghosts have outlived even their second lives... 

In case this doesn't go where I stopped it, the piece starts at approximately 18:35

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/09/1211763898/wait-wait-dont-tell-me-draft-11-09-2024