The characters are flat and rather devoid of any sort of growth. The plot is predictable and full of holes. The cinematography and special effects aren't as good as similar movies. Why do so many people flock to TV screens to watch this?
We love the simplicity of it. There is nothing like White, Christian Jack Bauer taking down the terrorists. I can't say this show does much to help any ACLU member's cause. If I believed in conspiracies, I'd say that this show was made with the simple goal of dehumanizing terrorists. It makes torture cool and portrays nearly every Middle Easterner as an evil, heartless anti-American.
Americans like to think they are superior and that there are simple solutions to complex problems. Terrorism is caused by fanatics who believe that they are fighting a holy war in the name of Allah. People lured into terrorist regimes are lower class and disenfranchised (often by America's own economic policies with the Middle East). I think the reason Americans love 24 is that it gives us the chance to think we are the only good in a world full of psychopathic terrorists. It gives us a chance to think that one guy with a gun can save us all (forget the hundreds of civilians he seems to kill every day).
Let's be honest, nothing says American pride like archetypal, oversimplified killing of the foreign looking type. America, you should be so proud.
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