There has been a shift to where fan culture has become part of the main stream media and has become celebrated and praised. Producers/ creators today actually want to work with fans. Media has become extremely participatory today from being able to join a group on fb to twittering online. There was a time though where TV was against fans, but today in our generation there has been a shift in embracing fan production and is seen in the show Tosh.O on Comedy Central.
For those who havent seen it, Tosh.O is a show where he comments upon what he stumbles upon on the internet with 3 segments consuming his show: 1. Viral Clips 2. Sketches 3. Web Redemptions. All the content presented on the show come from fans who have posted images on youtube, or information from Twitter or Facebook. The web redemption is the part of the show that truly commits to having fans interact with the show. Tosh will bring in the people they feature in their main video clip to re-enact them on the show, but with the real celebrities. This allows for fans to meet their idols while also receiving their 15 minutes of fame!
This show is in additon extremely entertaining due to his comedic input about the fans.
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After I spent this past weekend catching up on season five of Dexter, I felt that it would be a good idea to post some of my thoughts. First, I believe I was pulled into Dexter because of the way the show is narrarated by Dexter throughout the TV show. Through this, the viewer can get inside of Dexter's head and understand his thoughts from the 1st person point of view. I also like when he speaks to his father in his self-concious, and sometimes concious because it shows the inner struggle of Dexter and what he should do in tight situations.
In previous seasons, they depict the serial killer as not being human and living for the sole purpose of finding his next kill. When he started dating Reta and had to look after two and then three children, it made the juggling act almost impossible for him to have a job, have a family and still be a serial killer. I believe this true because he was hardly ever home and rarely paid attention to his family. He always put his killings first and had to fight with himself to make everything work out. Unfortunately though it did not. At the end of season four, Dexter strung out a killing for two long causing his wife to be murdered by the “Trinity Killer”.
After Reta died in the finale, Dexter was forced to take care of the family now having the pressure to solely look after the kids, work for Miami Metro and also be, a serial killer. This season is a fight for Dexter as a person. No longer is he a "monster" but instead he has become more human as the season continues. It will be interesting to see how the season continues, but as for right now I am only at the part where he is trying to be the best father possible to his son Harrison while taking care of a wounded girl named Lumen Pierce.
Dexter is human but what really is the issue is that he needs to open himself up to people so he does not seem so unfriendly. He has started to do this with Lumen and it will be interesting to see how it works out for him as the season progresses.
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