tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post361190035981192964..comments2024-03-05T10:32:32.208+00:00Comments on IRRESISTIBLE TARGETS: MY SO-CALLED WAR: HOMELAND, GOOD WIFE, BRING THE MIDEAST HOMEMichael Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04490121869284175945noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post-7578983595791120332012-04-30T20:08:59.560+01:002012-04-30T20:08:59.560+01:00Homeland was by the makers of 24 and written in Is...Homeland was by the makers of 24 and written in Israel so I feared the worst. My jaw too clenched at a couple of moments, noticeably at Carrie saying she was working so her neice could sleep at night. But in time that comes across more as the delusional utterance of a drug dependent psychiatric patient than a 4th wall breaking social commentary. Or at least the possibility of that emerges.<br /><br />Having stuck with it, although patently absurd, it has been entertaining and a bit more even handed in its treatment of US authorities than I'd anticipated. If nothing else it challenged my own preconceptions and prejudices about US television and Israeli society.<br /><br />Also started The Bridge (BBC 4) but although promising, I'm not sure it can survive a truly absurd first episode! Still, there is always season 2 of Borgen later in the year which will hopefully come under your steely glare.Bruce ma Goosenoreply@blogger.com