Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Suburbia and the Taboo: "Santa Clara Diet"

Without access to Netflix it is impossible for me to offer any ideas about the new sitcom "Santa Clara Diet," though from a number of online reviews it looks tasty. What I wonder about is... why? Is there a darker, political message beneath this zomcom?

Perhaps it's not too far a speculation that this comedy builds from the idea that a suburban lifestyle--with the struggles that go into achieving and maintaining the big house and keeping the kids in private schools--is nothing short of deadening.

The trailer looks entertainingly fast-paced. (See it embedded in the Esquire review below.) "Santa Clara Diet" may be reaching out to the same audience as "Dexter" and perhaps "Interview with a Vampire" with the notion that killing is acceptable if the ones you kill somehow deserve to die. That's not necessarily an attitude we should be encouraging in our society, though many would disagree with me on that.

Esquire Review

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