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Oh my. What has changed? What has changed. Anybody who wants to, can just look on Wikipedia to see what life used to be like, but ever since I turned 80, people have wanted to know what life used to be like. For those of us geezers who lived through it, the world still seems a little weird. A little sci-fi, I suppose. I think that, when we talk, some of that slips out, and kids can feel how different it was.
It seemed like everybody had seen Death Note before me. I knew there was a manga about it. I knew there was an anime based on it. I even knew there was a live-action version coming. I knew my co-workers had seen/read it. I knew my daughter had seen/read it, but I didn’t see the point.
This is how it was described to me: A school kid finds a notebook. If he writes someone’s name in the notebook, that person will immediately die. So, it gets into moral questions about capital punishment and religion. . .
(warning: plot discussion. I don’t know that it’s a spoiler, because I think knowing this would actually enhance viewing)
So, Garry Trudeau made a TV show. Yeah, THAT Garry Trudeau. It’s political, of course. It’s called “Alpha House” and the main conceit is that it’s about a home where four Republicans senators live. I thought it was cute, but not really enough to watch. Allie gave it two episodes, then told me I had to catch up, or she was going to mainline the whole thing without me.
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