I fell hard for the boy, and he had fallen hard for Bon Temps, so eventually he wore me down enough to watch the opening sequence of Alan Ball's overwrought Southern gothic. I thought it sounded hokey in a total Anne Rice way, until I started dating a boy from New Orleans who swore by Sookie Stackhouse. So no "Sopranos" for me, no "The Wire," and no "True Blood," a show that everyone told me I would love because it was about vampires and sex. Especially for things like HBO and Showtime, which, let's face it, is where the good shit is at. I'm terrible like that with TV, because while I am a total movie snob, I have never scraped up enough cash post-college to buy a set and pay for cable. I never saw "Six Feet Under" when it was on TV. That's what the new regular feature "Saved by Pop Culture" is about: those songs, movies, and shows that might be watched by millions but are important to you in a way that's totally your own. While we associate grief with a sense of loss - with throwing things away or storing them someplace and never looking at them again - we never talk about how these same artifacts can actually help us get through tough times. You know, like the show you never would have watched unless your boyfriend made you, and which ultimately lasted longer than your dating history? Or that bluegrass band you only started to appreciate after your dad passed? But I've always wondered about the good pieces of pop culture that survives past a relationship or other tragedy. After a painful breakup, there's always "that song" or "that band" that you can't listen to anymore, because they are painful reminders of your former relationship.
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