24 ‘a kind of Rorschach tryout’

March 12th, 2007 | Category: 24

A Canadian online journal, The Tyee, has likened the controversy by the impact of 24’s fictional portrayal of torture on real-life military interrogators to Dan Quayle’s condemnation of the impact of Murphy Brown’s one motherhood on real-life women.

While making sport of the invitation extended to Kiefer Sutherland, who plays 24’s torturer-in-chief, to speak to West Point cadets to tell them that torture is

ineffective and wrong, The Tyee write-up added that when it comes to politics and 24, viewers see what they want to see.

“Jack is one of those outsiders who [is] above society’s rules considering he has a superior moral compass and always does the right thing — and every American likes to believe that is his or her own story,” writer Shannon Rupp said.

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Original post by Meredith O’Brien

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