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My mother became a U.S. citizen on Monday and the naturalization ceremony was fan·tas·tic. I hope everyone gets to experience it at least once in their lifetime. The best part was when they played “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood and 130 new citizens and their family members stared in awe.
And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free
How to begin this review? Few countries that debuted in the 1700s have been as controversial or long running (it’s into its 236th season now) as America. It may not have the staying power of perennial favorites such as China or the credibility of indie darlings such as Finland, but America has proven that it can at least make some cultural impact. It’s not the best, but hey, they can’t all be Louie.
America was originally a spinoff of the long-running England. Airing from the 1776-77 season through today, America focuses on a small ensemble of white people using things in the ground to become rich or kill brown people. A sprawling dramedy, it combines all of the loose plot points of a Tyler Perry sitcom with all the fun of being white.
It has widely focused on the themes of war, freedom, sitting, Fenway Park, maps, the one true Christian god, rugs, pregnancy tits, Vice Magazine, butterfaces, coal, butterdicks, “Where’s the Beef?,” Chicago, Larry Flynt, colonialism, Terri Schiavo, NBC single-camera sitcoms, toddlers, suicide pacts, Atari, penny farthing bicycles, SpaghettiO’s (Cool Ranch flavor), tiny dolls, the TLC show Sister Wives, H1N1, television, and genocide. It has some unique perspective every once in awhile, but honestly, America can be super derivative. Most of the stories have already been on The Simpsons.
A lot of episodes in America don’t really hold up. Slavery? Parachute pants? White slavery? It just feels really overdone now. Among the most memorable episodes are “The Civil War,” “Texas,” “World War” (a two-parter), and “Black President.”
Some of the storylines are also a bit of a stretch. Are they really expecting us to believe that they killed all the Indians and that all those Indians did to deserve it was invent Diabetes?! And come on – that stuff in the 9/11 episode could not have happened without someone working on the inside. That makes no sense. “9/11” jumped the shark. Hard.
It’s been on so long that no one wants to comment on the OBVIOUS PLOT HOLES. Such awful continuity. Like, how could it be explained that in season 170, George H.W. Bush fathered a retarded son, but then in season 225, that son became president?! Really terrible continuity. I would like to point out that I appreciate a recent callback to earlier plots. Around seasons 174-184, some of the anti-feminist and sexist storylines were put on the backburner, but it’s nice that we’ve seen a resurgence in this last season.
There’s a lot of homosexual undertones to the country. The Very Special Episode about Lewis & Clark was revised to not include the fact that they originally named Oregon after the French word for “gay-ween butt-orgy” (“Baguette”). Baseball, the “American Pastime,” is about using bats (“dicks”) to hit balls (“balls”) all while blowing each other in the dugout (“RBI”). And how about the American flag? Obviously 13 dicks going into 50 buttholes.
America has time and time again proved itself as a launching ground for young starlets. It’s fun seeing people before they became huge stars, like John Ritter, Stella McCartney, Theodore John “Ted” Kaczynski, and Ted “Ted” Bundy. But the ensemble works best when we see the regulars yearn for a raise or promotion, struggle with Mary Tyler Moore’s foibles and be there for Mary Tyler Moore when the going gets rough. I stole this from a review for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, but I think it completely and entirely makes sense to literally lift from that review and drop it into this context as well.
As someone with more quirky and alt tastes, I can’t say that America is my favorite thing to watch. I’m more into Breaking Bad. Have you seen season 4?! Season 4 of Breaking Bad is flawless. Season 4 of America is VERY uneven. It had no main black characters. Girls, much?! I love The Wire!
I just hope to God (the American/right one) that they don’t pull some deus ex machina shit at the end of this series. Like, there’s nuclear war with North Korea, or they’ve been dead the whole time or something.
Anyway, it may have veered off wildly from the pilot, but America is definitely worth a look. It’s an interesting experiment in the world of primetime sovereign nations. What the characters lack in consistency, they make up for in body weight, lingering racism, and inconsistency. But it makes for a quick and easy viewing, and can often surprise you with heartfelt turns. It’s like eating Cool Ranch SpaghettiO’s on a warm summer’s eve. And hey, sometimes things get really good right before they’re cancelled.
MY RATING: 50 stars (out of 100).
This fanart may be a little too much for some, but I think it really shows how 9/11 went down. No one saw the disaster coming.
Never Forget.
And, at least for me, never forgive.
Okay.. THIS.. is what I mean by good fanart.
This actually shows a LOT of things. I love this. It doesn’t just show Alfred all curled up in a ball crying. It shows him walking to work and being totally oblivious to everything around him. As were many if not ALL of the citizens that day until the tragedy occurred.
I love this.
I think this is beautiful, too. Not only is the perspective and lighting fantastic, but it captures the mood of the average American that morning before tragedy struck.
this is a decent fanart
and an accurate one
I know a lot of people are constantly saying VERBATIM on artwork pertaining to disasters in nearly any fandom.
Well, I’m not so sure.
I think this is a honest, well created, and fair, emotional piece of art. It captures how all of the United States was in the minutes before the attack as the planes came in to impact. This feeling has been written about a hundred thousand times in school essays assigned by tearful teachers and in the oldest American magazine, The Atlantic.
Using another person’s creation, which is sometimes used badly but here, not, to show this feeling does no minimize or condemn the portrayal here.And a nonserious base does not mean this seriousness is not worth anything.
After all, has anyone picked up the Sunday funnies today? Not a whole lot of laughs today. Today’s ‘Speed Bump’, which is the first one I found today, has Uncle Sam on a doctor’s table, with an imprint ‘9-11’ on his chest, with the caption ‘I’ve had this scar for ten years, and it still hurts’. There are times when seriousness is possible with a concept that’s usually silly. It’s still worth every bit of whatever message it sends.
This is a good piece. Good job to the artist. You have done good in portraying this. Amazing buildings, as well.
I think fanwork can get touchy very quickly, but something like this is respectful and truthful. It was a normal day. No-one expected it. There must have been thousands of people looking just like this before it happened.
This is beautifully done. This is artwork I respect.
not everything needs to be turned into shitty fucking artwork and fandom bullshit, you fucking freaks
