Great article on "Mythology TV"

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Getting 'Lost'
Show pursues TV's most elusive genre -- mythology. Or maybe that's not it all.
By Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe Staff | October 27, 2004
On "Lost," 46 plane-crash survivors are stuck on a remote Pacific island. Or at least they might be survivors; they might also be souls in purgatory, hovering between heaven and hell, defending their lives on the sands of judgment. Or at least they might be on a sandy island; they might also be inside a "Truman Show" --like zoo, or on a planet where polar bears thrive in tropical climates. If indeed those beasts in the "Lost" forest are bears, and not emissaries of God, or grotesque alien creatures, or Mulder, Scully, and the Log Lady on a journey to the Hellmouth.

Feeling out to sea?
Then you're right where "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams wants you to be. You can't assume anything when it comes to his compelling new show, except that it's a big hit for ABC and that right now you're reading an article about it. It is a classic example of TV's most challenging and elusive serial format, the mythology show, a genre whose number includes "Twin Peaks," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Smallville," "Roswell," "Carnivale," Abrams's "Alias," and, of course, "The X-Files." "Lost" airs tonight at 8 on Ch. 5.
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Topic - Great article on "Mythology TV" - clarkjohnsen 11:37:52 10/27/04 (6)

Re: Great article on "Mythology TV" - clbeanz 20:27:06 10/27/04 (5)

"Guess I'm still pissed about "Firefly" cancellation." As who isn't? - clarkjohnsen 08:47:19 10/28/04 (1)

I hear "Serenity" is in post production for June 05'rollout." - clbeanz 11:50:30 10/28/04 (0)

Re: Great article on "Mythology TV" - townsend 06:31:33 10/28/04 (2)

"Lost" - Ken Perkins 07:31:20 11/01/04 (1)

Re: Commercials - rico 06:00:18 11/02/04 (0)

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