Four or five years ago, we bought a new TV for about $138 and a Roku streamer. It is a Vizio from Walmart and it gets snickers from more sophisticated viewers who own 65, 75 or 85 inch tv's. Ours is only 36 inches but we do well with it. Ever since getting the streamer, we have watched just about zero broadcast television and concentrated on Netflix, Amazon and Acorn, which is mostly British and English speaking, including Australia and New Zealand.
Lynn handles our charity donations and contributes regularly to PBS, Wisconsin Public TV and Wisconsin Public Radio. So, zipping around the many possibilities on the Roku player, we keep seeing the Public Broadcasting Station. Wisconsin has a proud and important history of using radio and television to educate and update citizens in many different occupations and situations. As we get an overdose of murder and blood and bad guys (and girls, sometimes), we started looking more carefully at the PBS offerings. As with the three listed above, there are many possibilities, almost certainly more than we ever watch.
We have been enjoying "Wisconsin Life" and saw foreign language teachers, including Hmong and Native American. We watched an advanced glass blower who makes all sorts of specialized chemical containers, drips and tanks. We watched the super-seamstress who makes spectacular jackets and pants for the leader of the UW marching band.
Last night, we spent 2+ hours watching a full performance of "Kinky Boots." We could have paid a couple of hundred dollars for admission somewhere but it was right here in our house. I knew a little about the main story and after 10 minutes or so, Lynn stopped the program and asked if I was enjoying it enough to continue. I felt I was, barely. But in the next few minutes, I was gripped much more completely.
The actors and roles were quite impressive. The story line gives a man like me plenty of motivation to consider his life story, his father and other adult men in his life, his sexual life and proclivities. I found the whole thing amazing and fascinating.
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