Spartacus, Prison Break, Or Lie to Me, tell me which one you prefer?

Since we’ve been reading and discussing about the Sexuality on Film, I have some frustration about watching shows on TV, and one of the show that makes me disappointed the most is Spartacus.

Unbelievably, my aunts and parents love this show a lot, and not only enjoy the content, progress and sexuality of movie, but also they think that what is on the movie was truly happening back in that day. In the first season, it was about Thracian gladiator led a major slave for a Quintus’s house. Whatever happened and whatever it takes, Thracian as Spartacus would fight and sacrifice everything in order to have freedom and reunite with his wife. The content and movement of the story and character’s development were drawing along with lots of nudity, sexuality, abusiveness, violence, and foul languages. To reflect and depict the epic event, historical character, and the reality of contemporary society, they actually went out of the line and made me sick by a generous input of soft porn plus lack of artistic modification. Obviously, Spartacus series were not only the show for adult’s entertainment, but also another playboy show. Regardless to say, ancient Roman sexuality was more opened than Asian or other countries. Sparta was the first city to practice athletic nudity, and one of the first to formalize pederasty. As an idealism of “Man is measured for everything”, pederastic relationships were considered as a norm; therefore, homosexuality was widespread and socially accepted in ancient Greek. And so, sell the cheap mis-en-scene, the show deeply dug into the sexuality (incest, homosexuality, interracial, et cetera).

What I meant by the cheap mis-en-scene is that the fight, arena, and blood were poorly visualized and obviously fake. Aside from six pack meat, muscles, “body parts” of actors and actresses, and costumes, I find Spartacus show rotten and immoral. It is even explicit to see the potent of selling pornography on TV rather than depict the historical hero. Humanity or sexuality?

I prefer Prison Break to Spartacus. Opposite to Spartacus, Prison Break does not sell pornography but action, mind-bending, intelligence, logical movement and development and drama. However, it is not too good to be called as a worth watching movie. It drew too much attention to Michael Scofield ( Wentworth Miller)’s mastermind; yet, it centers masculinity and gender identity (Male)—merely a Hollywood theme.

Above of all, Lie To Me is my most favorite show, even its plot was a so-called entertainment, but I like its concept and mind-bending mixed crime drama. It is about a psychological expertise who has a talent “read faces” to identify the truth behind lies; and so the Light Man group use their talents to discover and solve crime. I liked it because it is quite interesting with some twisted stories, morality, unique sense of ethnics, and more action less sex (again, contrast with Spartacus show). However, the show bores me with expected storyline, the lack of closure, lack of visual effect and quite dragging the movement.