Meta Blog Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by Nicholas Provenzo from The Rule of Reason, I had heard from several sources about Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged being used as a prop device for the UPN sitcom One on One, but it wasn't until I saw this clip [Hat Tip: NoodleFood and CyberNet] that I realized just how utterly remarkable the presentation was. The Atlas Shrugged reference is exact, informative and precisely what one might say if they were to offer a brief explanation of Objectivism to a friend. The story goes like this: an 18-something Breanna is stressed out while preparing for a college philosophy test on Objectivism the next day. Her friends enter and explain to her that Objectivism is an integrated philosophy that Ayn Rand developed to show man as he is-and ought to be. After a quip about the cover of the book (Breanna's boyfriend Arnaz notes that if Atlas is holding up the world, what then is he standing on), they all get to studying. And that's the clip. Incredible! Now I can just imagine someone saying that's not how you present philosophy and the portrayal was on UPN, so it can't be any good. Oh, spare me. The fact is a 5th season sitcom ran a positive portrayal of Objectivism that featured attractive young people treating the philosophy as something a person with high aspirations ought to know. That's fantastic. Hell, I wish I would have had that to watch when I was a Marine on sea duty instead of all those tapes of Family Matters my platoon-mate's mother had sent him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IAmMetaphysical Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Now I can just imagine someone saying that's not how you present philosophy and the portrayal was on UPN, so it can't be any good. Oh, spare me. The fact is a 5th season sitcom ran a positive portrayal of Objectivism that featured attractive young people treating the philosophy as something a person with high aspirations ought to know. That's fantastic. Exactly! And the more positive exposure Objectivism gets, the better, especially among the young urban demoographic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Perfect! That is exactly how philosophy and especially Objectivism should be presented to the world. To many times peoples eyes glaze over a bit when you try to talk to them about this stuff because they are used to thinking of philosophy as some stupid abstract ivy-tower crap that has nothing to do with real life (I know I used to), but presently O'ism in this type of way shows that it is NOT at all like anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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