Truth be Told.

Not too long ago I caught a few episodes of Dexter on Showtime. The premise is quite engaging - sociopathic blood spatter analyst for the Miami PD satisfies his urge to kill by cutting up and disposing of "bad guys" (arsonists, molesters, rapists, etc). Somethings that I particularly like about the show are the direction and storytelling/narration. Its sort of like a Hemingway novel. Never verbose, yet always articulate, and filled with realistic charaters who are messed up in their own little way. I don't know where I was going with this but as I was watching the show I realized that shows on TV have changed drastically. I mean you don't see Happy Days, or Green acres, or Mister Ed, or Dukes of Hazard, or Beverly Hills 90210, or Saved by the Bell. In an attempt to make the shows more relevant to the audience they have evolved into the OC, Nip Tuck, CSI , Dexter. Superficiality and murder. I guess the only question to ask is: has reality always been this way ? Has it been hiding and changing and waiting to come out with such impudence ? In other words, have the human complexities changed into something so grotesque within 40 years or have writers become daring enough to share their most intimate fears ? Even though I'm scared by the answer, in some ways it reassures me that I'm not alone.