Question Technology: Drama is in the Past?

Friday, January 11, 2008

Drama is in the Past?

In the Guardian, Joe Queenan asks:

Why are so many dramas and thrillers now set in the past? Is it because, in a world of mobile phones, satnav and Google, suspense is impossible?

Link: Confessions of a technophobe, via textually.

It's an interesting question, and maybe this is true for some types of drama, but the many tech-heavy shows like 24 and CSI on American TV don't seem to be having a problem.

Jan 11, 2008 11:00:00 AM | Computers, Culture, Gadgets, Media, Mobile, Society, Technology, Television

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