| Show Contains Philosophical Ideas of Fate i Marisa Mansa Holz Halz r Contributing Writer i Hidden deep in the corners of Foxs Fox's studio vaults emerges A sitcom that although has been long since dead will forever be immortalized in DVD parented by Twentieth 1 Century Fox in late 2003 is a brilliant comedy with depth and purpose Too bad it was cancelled is rooted on the American side of Niagara Falls The main character Jaye Tyler played by Caroline is a twenty some thing graduate student from Brown University that has no idea what to do with her life Instead of actively pursuing a career in philosophy she barely works as a cashier in a gift shop appropriately appropriately appropriately titled But wait that's not the interesting part What drives the story and intrigues viewers is whether or ar not Jaye is clinically insane The first clue is revealed when a wax lion from a vending machine starts tarts to talk to her That is not so much talk asie as ashe ashe he ie and many other objects give her missions to complete Her well bred family calls these missions missions missions mis mis- episodes and are only slightly concerned when she talks back to the inanimate objects contains Grecian undertones that allude to philosophical ideas of fate Concealed in n the well written script are the basic principles of the ancient thinkers Most noticeable is Aristotle's idea of the good nature of man battling with the pressures of society The wax lion seems to o be the physical embodiment of serendipity that guides her through life changing events Not her lif i fe fV o lives c f r stran ers u u g Jaye represents the indecisiveness and angst of today's society says film student Steve Peters She is what all college students fear Graduating and arid then not knowing how to live up to everything they've ever been taught about life careers and society in general Its It's a anew anew new yew syndrome taken from the film The Graduate How did such a landmark television program get cancelled cancelled can can- celled For starters Fox cut its life short by putting it against NBC's Must See Thursday That was the signature WON DE W l i H r J k W If f M s L JI i f y I i J- J on the death sentence But the final nail came when the studio moved the show to numerous nights and times The idea is that if the show is good enough the fans will fol fol- fol low However viewers never knew when the show was on The newly released contain thirteen episodes with nine that never aired Although it was Foxs Fox's brainchild brainchild brainchild brain brain- child this show was much too sophisticated for and would have excelled with the freedoms given to those of HBO and |
