Comments on: Despair, Comfort and "Friday Night Lights" http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/01/12/despair-comfort-and-friday-night-lights/ Movies, TV and Popular Culture with Rich Heldenfels Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:26:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Fred Farrar http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/01/12/despair-comfort-and-friday-night-lights/#comment-752 Fred Farrar Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:41:45 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/?p=905#comment-752 Wow. What a wonderful piece of writing, Rich. I look forward to each episode of "Friday Night Lights" because it always shows me somehting about the human condition I have experienced at one time or another. And despite the horrible things these people do to each other and themselves, there always is a sense of hope: you mentioned Buddy, and the scenes where he hugged his ostracized daughter and made it clear he would be there unconditionally for her were as good as television gets. Maybe that is because that would be about as good as a Dad gets. At any rate, thanks for the wonderfully thoughtful and warm words about such a special program Wow.

What a wonderful piece of writing, Rich.

I look forward to each episode of "Friday Night Lights" because it always shows me somehting about the human condition I have experienced at one time or another.

And despite the horrible things these people do to each other and themselves, there always is a sense of hope: you mentioned Buddy, and the scenes where he hugged his ostracized daughter and made it clear he would be there unconditionally for her were as good as television gets.

Maybe that is because that would be about as good as a Dad gets.

At any rate, thanks for the wonderfully thoughtful and warm words about such a special program

]]> By: Kay http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/01/12/despair-comfort-and-friday-night-lights/#comment-751 Kay Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:43:46 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/?p=905#comment-751 This is exactly why I watch this show-the relationships. The coach and his wife are so NORMAL. The kids' problems are real, and the same thing our kids face everyday. The Matt and Julie storyline is one of the most thoughtful, well-written I've ever seen. The cast represents a huge range of economic and social situations, just like real life, but every story line has hope in it. If this show was called "Dillon Texas" or something, maybe people would have checked it out at the start. With 'football' in the title, I'm afraid it's kept people away. What is it they say? "It's the best show you're not watching". I only hope that it gains viewers in time to keep it around for a long time. *on a side note, it's now going to be opposite my favorite show...thank heaven for DVR! This is exactly why I watch this show-the relationships. The coach and his wife are so NORMAL. The kids' problems are real, and the same thing our kids face everyday. The Matt and Julie storyline is one of the most thoughtful, well-written I've ever seen.

The cast represents a huge range of economic and social situations, just like real life, but every story line has hope in it.

If this show was called "Dillon Texas" or something, maybe people would have checked it out at the start. With 'football' in the title, I'm afraid it's kept people away. What is it they say? "It's the best show you're not watching". I only hope that it gains viewers in time to keep it around for a long time.

*on a side note, it's now going to be opposite my favorite show…thank heaven for DVR!

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