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"Cult" TV

  • 09-11-2009 7:39pm
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    Dudess
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    What makes a cult TV show? And are there any TV shows from now that will become "cult"? The Wire I suppose.

    It's something I associate more with the 1960s to the early 1990s - and maybe an element of surrealism/sinister is required, e.g. Twin Peaks was downright nutty, The Prisoner could be too, as could Sapphire and Steel (Lost has some of that going on all right, but in my opinion it just feels borrowed from David Lynch). Anyone remember Wild Palms? (I started a thread here asking that question before - it seems nobody does :o).
    Political shows like Edge of Darkness and House of Cards were more than a tad unsettling too.

    Maybe it's just a nostalgia thing, but I don't think TV - despite it being a great time for television - has that... whatever-it-is now.

    What other "cult" shows were there?


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    mike65
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    This subject was blogged with reference to film on Guardian Kulture a while back, what I said then -
    For me its just a happy coincidence of factors that end up creating a film that appeals to a core who happen to find and enjoy it. You cannot set out to create one. Which is why those who try merely end up with a nakedly poinltess homage at best, Mr Tarantino
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