TV: Joan of Arcadia - The First Season

I like it, damn it!

Perhaps you loved Joan of Arcadia. Or perhaps your opinion of me is plummeting by the moment. Either way, I enjoyed the first season of this show very much. Now I am ready for season 2. Too bad it isn’t on DVD yet. Anyone out there secretly a JoA fan hoarding VHS recordings from CBS?

Summer is so dry for my serial entertainment. I know I can watch movies, but they feel like too much of a commitment to me right now. Good thing I’m already married or I’d be in a world of trouble if I can’t even commit to a movie. ;-)

Anyway, Joan of Arcadia was a show about an “average” family whose daughter talks to God. Like, God comes and talks to her and tells her what to do. Yes, a modern Joan of Arcadia on a small scale. Amber Tamblyn (from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Ring, which is too scary for me) is the main character and it also stars Mary Steenburgen and Joe Mantegna as the parents and some other groovy teens as friends and siblings. JoA was cancelled after two seasons. In this religious social climate, I can’t really see why. Benjamin says it wasn’t reverent enough for the right wing and was too religious for the left. Maybe he’s right.

The special features on the last disc were interesting. I liked that the creator Barbara Hall, also of Judging Amy and other shows, said that the show was about spirituality but not about religion. Perhaps that is why I feel comfortable with it. Or perhaps I was just worn down from watching Seventh Heaven too many times. :-D

Have I mentioned I watch a lot of television? I down play it, but I do. It’s my background noise. I like background stories instead of just music. Audio books are good, too.