"Douche" is being uttered all over TV these days
The slur "douche" — without the "bag" — has been used approximately 76 times on 26 TV shows this year, according to the Parents Television Council. That is up from 30 uses on 15 shows in all of 2007 and just six instances on four programs in 2005. Why is "douche" suddenly so popular? "As a writer, you’re always reaching for a more potent way to call somebody a jerk," says "Community" creator Dan Harmon. "This is a word that has evolved in the last couple of years — a thing that sounds like a thing you can’t say.”
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Lisa de Moraes argues that "Dollhouse" could've lived if Whedon didn't chase the big money of network TV and settled for cable, where he'd be more successful. "Joss Whedon gets nothing BUT breaks," she says in an online chat. "This show never should have been picked up in the first place. Then it never should have been picked up for a second season. He's the luckiest guy working in TV today. Period. Like I said, he has a very loyal, but small, fanbase and had he not gotten greedy and gone for the Big Broadcast Bucks, this show might have survived and flourished on a cable network. Joss Whedon needs to think more about his fans and less about his wallet. If he did, he would do his work for a cable network which can sustain a show that attracts this sized audience. He did not serve you well. Shame on him."
"I’m still shaking my head," he says, "because in many ways it reminds me of Richard Hatch in season one. It’s as though the rest of the players are playing a different game. It certainly doesn’t mean he’ll win or even make it to the end but there is no denying he is playing a different game than anybody else."
One of the problems with the AMC remake is that we've been there, done that, says Tim Goodman. "The original allowed a new generation of writers to tear up convention, American television viewers have seen everything from 'Twin Peaks' to 'Lost,' 'The X-Files' and all kinds of science fiction series up to 'Battlestar Galactica.' The notion that being vague and ominous and weird can be all that it takes to bring viewers on a ride is simply outdated. People have already seen that. They need a payoff. They need answers."
