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Last night's "King of the Hill"
So, anyone watch King of the Hill last night? It had a rather negative
portrayal of cats, which I found irritating. The jist of it is, Hank Hill signs up for some military "take care of a recruit's pet while he's at war" program, and was expecting a dog. Instead, he gets a cat. The cat has serious behavioral problems, but this is portrayed as normal cat behavior. Such behavior included running up to Hank and attacking him continuously for about two minutes, which is something real cats just don't do; if a real cat doesn't like someone, they'll just avoid him. It's annoying to see cats portrayed this way in the media, especially since they ARE the number one pet in the US, outnumbering dogs by far. Why must cats always get the short end of the stick in the media? Dogs are always portrayed as perfect, even though they can have behavioral problems too! -Z |
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Zorin the Lynx wrote:
So, anyone watch King of the Hill last night? It had a rather negative portrayal of cats, which I found irritating. The jist of it is, Hank Hill signs up for some military "take care of a recruit's pet while he's at war" program, and was expecting a dog. Instead, he gets a cat. Silly enough to think a show which portrays everyone in Texas as rednecks who stand around in an alley drinking beer and listening to Dell Gribble who can't NOT know his wife is bopping John Redcorn (Oh puleese with that name!) talking conspiracy theories is a "reality show". It's all a farce... best not to take it too seriously. Jill |
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I know. It really irks me. Cold Case is about the best portrayal of cats
I've seen. "Zorin the Lynx" wrote in message ... So, anyone watch King of the Hill last night? It had a rather negative portrayal of cats, which I found irritating. The jist of it is, Hank Hill signs up for some military "take care of a recruit's pet while he's at war" program, and was expecting a dog. Instead, he gets a cat. The cat has serious behavioral problems, but this is portrayed as normal cat behavior. Such behavior included running up to Hank and attacking him continuously for about two minutes, which is something real cats just don't do; if a real cat doesn't like someone, they'll just avoid him. It's annoying to see cats portrayed this way in the media, especially since they ARE the number one pet in the US, outnumbering dogs by far. Why must cats always get the short end of the stick in the media? Dogs are always portrayed as perfect, even though they can have behavioral problems too! -Z |
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Zorin the Lynx wrote:
So, anyone watch King of the Hill last night? It had a rather negative portrayal of cats, which I found irritating. I changed the channel after about 30 seconds. Why must cats always get the short end of the stick in the media? Dogs are always portrayed as perfect, even though they can have behavioral problems too! I have an acquaintance who once asked me if I named my cats. I said, of course I do! He asked, why? Right then I knew he was not my kind of person... -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Zorin the Lynx wrote:
So, anyone watch King of the Hill last night? It had a rather negative portrayal of cats, which I found irritating. The jist of it is, Hank Hill signs up for some military "take care of a recruit's pet while he's at war" program, and was expecting a dog. Instead, he gets a cat. The cat has serious behavioral problems, but this is portrayed as normal cat behavior. Such behavior included running up to Hank and attacking him continuously for about two minutes, which is something real cats just don't do; if a real cat doesn't like someone, they'll just avoid him. It's annoying to see cats portrayed this way in the media, especially since they ARE the number one pet in the US, outnumbering dogs by far. Why must cats always get the short end of the stick in the media? Dogs are always portrayed as perfect, even though they can have behavioral problems too! -Z While I saw that ep when it origianally aired, I did find it's portrayal of cats & cat-owners not to my liking, but it also showed a good view of in-it-for-the-money-so-let's-milk-this-mark-for-all-he's-worth vets. Jerk wanted to run all kinds of tests on the cat that were clearly for the money.... At the end, Didn't Hank take cat to LadyBird's vet - and all it was was a haiball? Don't remember that part clearly. I do remember something about an MRI machine, and the vet wanted a "new model" and Hank found out, and sent all the clients away because vet "didn't have the best for their pet" eg. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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"Zorin the Lynx" wrote in message
... So, anyone watch King of the Hill last night? It had a rather negative portrayal of cats, which I found irritating. The jist of it is, Hank Hill signs up for some military "take care of a recruit's pet while he's at war" program, and was expecting a dog. Instead, he gets a cat. The cat has serious behavioral problems, but this is portrayed as normal cat behavior. Such behavior included running up to Hank and attacking him continuously for about two minutes, which is something real cats just don't do; if a real cat doesn't like someone, they'll just avoid him. It's annoying to see cats portrayed this way in the media, especially since they ARE the number one pet in the US, outnumbering dogs by far. Why must cats always get the short end of the stick in the media? Dogs are always portrayed as perfect, even though they can have behavioral problems too! I suspect that the writers of the show are lampooning the Hank Hills , Gribbles, Boomhowers and (whoever the other one is) out there in Real Life. Showing him completely unable to deal with a cat is, very sadly, a very stereotypical male reaction. I bet Bobby was fine with the cat. Yowie (I wont see this episode for about 2 years, if I'm lucky. Its only on pay tv here) |
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