OK…part of the work stuff is shaking out nicely…and a query for you

and now I just have to get some dates for work set. Could be quite a few, and all of them local.

Keep those parts crossed…

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ocvictor and I were talking about this last week. Thought I’d open it up for some chat.

What do you make of the spate of programs on TV right now that are about, for want of a better word, macho men and occupations? I’m thinking of “The Deadliest Catch,” “Axemen,” the new one about oil workers, that one that’s starting out soon about tow truck drivers in Chicago, etc.? To a lesser extent, it would include things like “Dirty Jobs,” “Man vs. Wild” and “Survivorman.”

It’s not that women don’t appear in these programs, but they certainly focus on occupations that seem to be primarily filled by men, and which have a certain level of physical danger involved.

I’m curious: do you think there’s something in the Zeitgeist that’s pushing this stuff to the fore? Why is there is this sudden demand for these shows?

Any thoughts?