Comments on: Prettifying Gospel with the Good Wife http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/ Criticism and commentary on southern gospel music Sun, 19 May 2013 22:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Wade http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1537073 Wade Wed, 09 May 2012 18:38:03 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1537073 The Good Wife is Da Bomb!! It is fun how they meld so much of real life situations in to the show with always a little twist... Fred Thompson has been on a few times as a fellow litigator and those are always fun shows!!! The whole church situation here was pretty close to what I saw a few weeks back... except the church I was at was better... but the Pastor has the power in the community!!! I really do not think many WHITEYS could handle or believe what really goes down in a black church!! It is too far out and not even Brooklyn Tab truly resembles what goes down in most black churches. Even more off are the projects I have seen where the artist went to Brooklyn Tab, does not even reflect it either... but it is white people trying to go be black!! Thanks for bringing some TV Culture to our collective attention!! The Good Wife is Da Bomb!! It is fun how they meld so much of real life situations in to the show with always a little twist… Fred Thompson has been on a few times as a fellow litigator and those are always fun shows!!!

The whole church situation here was pretty close to what I saw a few weeks back… except the church I was at was better… but the Pastor has the power in the community!!!

I really do not think many WHITEYS could handle or believe what really goes down in a black church!! It is too far out and not even Brooklyn Tab truly resembles what goes down in most black churches. Even more off are the projects I have seen where the artist went to Brooklyn Tab, does not even reflect it either… but it is white people trying to go be black!!

Thanks for bringing some TV Culture to our collective attention!!

]]> By: ode http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1536686 ode Tue, 08 May 2012 16:51:42 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1536686 5, nice! btw,Janet, did you see "Corinna, Corinna"? Beautiful use of the Little Light, by a choir and especially in the end scene 5, nice! btw,Janet, did you see
“Corinna, Corinna”? Beautiful use of the Little Light, by a choir and especially in the end scene

]]> By: Janet B http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1536611 Janet B Tue, 08 May 2012 12:38:03 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1536611 Aha! This is from Monday's episode of Smash. (The tag line states "Smash Goes Gospel." It's almost like I ordered it. tee hee) http://www.hulu.com/watch/358599/smash-stand#s-p1-sr-i1 (Gosh, I hope that link works! I won't know until I try to post it...) Kat McPhee is no Whitney, but...a noble try, nonetheless. :) Aha! This is from Monday’s episode of Smash. (The tag line states “Smash Goes Gospel.” It’s almost like I ordered it. tee hee)

http://www.hulu.com/watch/358599/smash-stand#s-p1-sr-i1

(Gosh, I hope that link works! I won’t know until I try to post it…)

Kat McPhee is no Whitney, but…a noble try, nonetheless. :)

]]> By: Janet B http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1535679 Janet B Sat, 05 May 2012 13:11:39 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1535679 (Not trying to go ot here, Doug...but irishlad started it!) irishlad - Hill Street! I was a devotee from when it first premiered (1981 - gulp). I now watch every Weds night...nostalgia can be a wonderful thing! :) When I was in Bible college, a group of us gathered every week in the dorm mom's apartment to watch HSB...mostly to daydream about LaRue & Washington... The BEST show on tv right now is Smash. Even if you don't know a thing about musical theater (I'm in that category), it doesn't matter. It's about the characters...doesn't hurt that the music is fantastic, too. I saw an interview with Debra Messing, who said that she compares it to The West Wing. (You don't need to be a political geek to love the show, because it's about the people.) As for what I'm missing...I mostly stay away from cable series (exceptions being The Closer and Leverage). My husband is a huge fan of Justified, but I just don't enjoy watching people getting their fingers cut off or being set on fire. I'm a lover, not an immolator. (Not trying to go ot here, Doug…but irishlad started it!)

irishlad - Hill Street! I was a devotee from when it first premiered (1981 - gulp). I now watch every Weds night…nostalgia can be a wonderful thing! :)
When I was in Bible college, a group of us gathered every week in the dorm mom’s apartment to watch HSB…mostly to daydream about LaRue & Washington…

The BEST show on tv right now is Smash. Even if you don’t know a thing about musical theater (I’m in that category), it doesn’t matter. It’s about the characters…doesn’t hurt that the music is fantastic, too. I saw an interview with Debra Messing, who said that she compares it to The West Wing. (You don’t need to be a political geek to love the show, because it’s about the people.)

As for what I’m missing…I mostly stay away from cable series (exceptions being The Closer and Leverage). My husband is a huge fan of Justified, but I just don’t enjoy watching people getting their fingers cut off or being set on fire. I’m a lover, not an immolator.

]]> By: quartet-man http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1535674 quartet-man Sat, 05 May 2012 13:03:11 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1535674 I've seen a few episodes of the Good Wife recently. I am not sure what got me started whether a commercial or just tuning in to see CSI Miami and the shows having been delayed, or even just having the TV on in preparation for CSI (which I haven't really watched for the past several years). I’ve seen a few episodes of the Good Wife recently. I am not sure what got me started whether a commercial or just tuning in to see CSI Miami and the shows having been delayed, or even just having the TV on in preparation for CSI (which I haven’t really watched for the past several years).

]]> By: irishlad http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1535601 irishlad Sat, 05 May 2012 05:46:24 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1535601 i watch the good wife and mad men and the sopranos and boardwalk empire.and past episodes of the hill st blues..and..you guys don't know what you're missing i watch the good wife and mad men and the sopranos and boardwalk empire.and past episodes of the hill st blues..and..you guys don’t know what you’re missing

]]> By: Janet B http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1535450 Janet B Fri, 04 May 2012 19:30:32 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2012/05/04/prettifying-gospel-with-the-good-wife/#comment-1535450 I don't watch The Good Wife (too much other stuff to keep track of!)...nor have I ever attended a black church in suburban Chicago. However, I suspect that your observations here are probably spot on. Off the top of my head...in the final season of The West Wing, Santos made a brief appearance at a black church in LA. What I can recall about that church is that it seemed dark - but that may have been more about the mood of situation itself, which was sad and emotionally charged. I'd have to go back and watch it to comment on the music in the episode. I watched an episode of Harry's Law recently where a black couple had adopted a Chinese "orphan" (only to discover that the girl was kidnapped from her parents when they showed up to reclaim her). The six-yr-old invited her biological parents to come and hear her sing in the children's choir at her church. They sang (of course) This Little Light of Mine. And the church...looked like a church. There didn't seem to be enough room for everybody there and the kids were squished in front of the stage. But the music was sweet and infectious - and very touching. I would surmise that, with the nature of episodic television being what it is, time constraints rule the day. In other words, they do the best they can in the time allotted to them. Sometimes close just has to be good enough. I don’t watch The Good Wife (too much other stuff to keep track of!)…nor have I ever attended a black church in suburban Chicago. However, I suspect that your observations here are probably spot on.

Off the top of my head…in the final season of The West Wing, Santos made a brief appearance at a black church in LA. What I can recall about that church is that it seemed dark - but that may have been more about the mood of situation itself, which was sad and emotionally charged. I’d have to go back and watch it to comment on the music in the episode.

I watched an episode of Harry’s Law recently where a black couple had adopted a Chinese “orphan” (only to discover that the girl was kidnapped from her parents when they showed up to reclaim her). The six-yr-old invited her biological parents to come and hear her sing in the children’s choir at her church. They sang (of course) This Little Light of Mine. And the church…looked like a church. There didn’t seem to be enough room for everybody there and the kids were squished in front of the stage. But the music was sweet and infectious - and very touching.

I would surmise that, with the nature of episodic television being what it is, time constraints rule the day. In other words, they do the best they can in the time allotted to them. Sometimes close just has to be good enough.

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