Final Blog!

Steven Johnson’s main point is that popular culture is actually making us much smarter, instead of dumbing us down. In fact, he likes to look at how popular culture makes us, the audience, think more intelligently. As we all know, television and films are much more complicated than they used to be. Instead of having one plot and two characters that the audience would follow, there are many small plots including many characters that somehow tie together in the end. Also, video games teach us more skills than reading a book does. Video games are not what they used to be and they have much more complicated plays that are in demand.
“To watch an episode of “Dallas” today is to be stunned by its glacial pace—by the arduous attempts to establish social relationships, by the excruciating simplicity of the plotline, by how obvious it was. A single episode of “The Sopranos,” by contrast, might follow five narrative threads, involving a dozen characters who weave in and out of the plot. Modern television also requires the viewer to do a lot of what Johnson calls “filling in,” as in a “Seinfeld” episode that subtly parodies the Kennedy assassination conspiracists, or a typical “Simpsons” episode, which may contain numerous allusions to politics or cinema or pop culture” (Gladwell, The New Yorker). The television shows are becoming more complicated as the years go by.
“For decades, we've worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a path declining steadily toward lowest-common-denominator standards, presumably because the ''masses'' want dumb, simple pleasures and big media companies try to give the masses what they want. But as that ''24'' episode suggests, the exact opposite is happening: the culture is getting more cognitively demanding, not less. To make sense of an episode of ''24,'' you have to integrate far more information than you would have a few decades ago watching a comparable show. Beneath the violence and the ethnic stereotypes, another trend appears: to keep up with entertainment like ''24,'' you have to pay attention, make inferences, track shifting social relationships. This is what I call the Sleeper Curve: the most debased forms of mass diversion -- video games and violent television dramas and juvenile sitcoms -- turn out to be nutritional after all” (Johnson, NY Times).
“But another kind of televised intelligence is on the rise. Think of the cognitive benefits conventionally ascribed to reading: attention, patience, retention, the parsing of narrative threads. Over the last half-century, programming on TV has increased the demands it places on precisely these mental faculties. This growing complexity involves three primary elements: multiple threading, flashing arrows and social networks” (Johnson, NY Times). Multiple threading, flashing arrows, and social networks really is what defines complicated popular culture that we have today. People that consume popular culture see these methods of developing complicated shows and films, which allow people to develop great cognitive skills.
I truly believe that popular culture does develop cognitive skills that books just don’t give us. I think it’s fascinating to compare the complexities of shows and films today. The most important thing is how the complexity is not even noticed today. We have become so accustomed to these types of shows that we don’t even realize how complex they actually are. I think that it has made us smarter. However, I don’t think it’s made us more intelligent as a whole. It has definitely helped us in some skills. However, I don’t think it’s helped us with everything. You can definitely call me traditional. I believe that a book can teach you more than anything else.

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/05/16/050516crbo_books

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/magazine/24TV.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=e08bc7c1e7acbb59&ex=1271995200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

My Blogging Experience

My blogging experience has been a really great learning experience. Everyone in my group had a topic that I’ve never heard of. It was the first time I heard of Atmosphere, Guitar Hero, and David Lynch movies. I went from not even hearing about these topics to knowing the popular culture meaning behind them by all of the critical analysis. I had fun reading about these topics. If I had an academic article on these topics, I wouldn’t have been highly interested in them as I am when reading my fellow classmates’ opinions on them. All of the theories, concepts, and discourses we learned in the course are very difficult and confusing to understand fully. I think that writing shorter than traditional papers was better to understand them more clearly, especially when being related to a specific topic. Papers would be a good learning experience as well, however, I don’t think papers would have had a greater impact on the students than the blog assignments. Also, these blog assignments made me much more comfortable with using the Internet and blogs on the computer. Because of how comfortable I actually became with blogging, I was able to use it in different classes as well for certain projects and assignments.
The only thing that was tough about my blogging experience was the fact that there was an assignment due each week. The only reason why it was tough because I was taking another class at the same time that had posts due every week as well. It was hard to keep up with both during the same semester, just because I was just getting adjusted to posting over the Internet this semester. I’ve only had a couple of posting assignments in the past during my entire college experience.
I’m glad that I was able to apply all of the discourses to my semester topic, Nip/Tuck. I think it was a great experience to look at Nip/Tuck through a different lens. I learned how popular culture applied to my topic and how the producers and the audience view the show very differently. I’m a little less interested in the show now that I have seen the discourses applied to my topic. It’s made me feel as though the show is completely pointless to watch. I’m not excited for the new season to begin because I know that as I watch it I’m going to be thinking of the concepts we have learned in the class. However, when I apply the concepts to other shows I currently watch I get more interested in those shows. I think it’s the fact that I have focused on Nip/Tuck alone and have gone into greater detail with Nip/Tuck though the assignments we had. As I watch other shows and apply discourses to them, I’m not going into as great of detail as I did with Nip/Tuck.

Postmodernism

Postmodernism is a way of thinking in which there is no one truth. There is no one way of life, there are many. It’s a mixing of styles and beliefs. There can be so many different styles that make sense, they are only different from one another. In relationship to popular culture, postmodernism is seen through many ways. There is a loss of metanarratives and a focus on smaller and local narratives. There is also an importance on the fiction, other than the reality. Fiction is very important because it gives us an easier way of understanding things, other than dealing with the real truth. Style is definitely more important than substance.
Nip/Tuck has an important subject that is closely tied to a postmodern approach. Fiction being more important than reality is completely obvious in Nip/Tuck. Because the entire show is based on plastic surgery, there are many characters that create a way of looking in order to hide the reality. The plastic surgery also shows how style is more important than substance. As Christian was going through a mid-life crisis, he got liposuction in order to hide the fear that he was getting old. Kimber got a lot of plastic surgery in order to have the perfect body. She does this to get the attention of Christian. She tries to live in the fantasy of two perfect people, with a perfect car, and a perfect apartment. Another character of Nip/Tuck, Escobar, who has appeared on the show twice is a criminal who gets plastic surgery to look like a completely different person. He almost takes his entire identity away to get on a plane and out of Miami.
By living in a fiction world, these characters hide from the reality that is too hard to live with. The fiction is more important and creates a perfect world. Even the theme song of the show says the worlds “A perfect life”. Also, the style of their lives, Christian’s car and Kimber’s perfect body, is more important than the substance, which is their own identities. Christian creates his own identity with his style of luxurious things, like his car, apartment, and clothes. Kimber creates her own identity with her perfect body to become important, better than everyone else, and to make her career as a model and a porn star the way for people to remember her.

Clip Analysis

In an episode in the first season of Nip/tuck, Julia is continuing medical school to get her doctorate degree that she’s always wanted to become a plastic surgeon. It was a great time for her to go back to school because her second child was finally old enough to get a nanny for. Sean is still a successful plastic surgeon who is not able to watch the kids. While going to med school, Julia had an unexpected pregnancy and told Sean the news. Sean was very excited but was worried about Julia continuing school. Julia was not as excited as Sean about the pregnancy and continued to go to school everyday. She miscarried because of getting no rest. Sean was really sad about it, while the episode wasn’t clear about how Julia felt.
The person that obviously had power in the relationship is Sean. He continuously told Julia to get some rest, to keep the baby, and to not worry about school so much. As Julia went against his orders, it definitely was displayed as wrong and stupid, not smart and brave. In the end, she was the wrong one because her wrong actions caused a miscarriage.
Obviously there are a few stereotypes that are shown within ideas of gender. First, the man of the house tells the wife what to do. Julia is told to stay home and to rest. More importantly, Julia is told to keep the baby. Julia didn’t really want the baby because she wanted to finish medical school. It was Julia’s own fault for not telling Sean she didn’t want the baby as much as he did. However, because she is a woman, she wasn’t able to speak up to her husband. Another stereotype is that the man has the successful job, not the woman. Sean would come home everyday in his business suit and briefcase. Julia is trying very hard to be successful. However, no matter how hard she tries, she fails. After the miscarriage, she drops out of school. She doesn’t continue her dream of becoming a doctor. Another stereotype that could be seen is how all doctors are men, while women are nurses. Julia can’t become a doctor, and this idea implies how women can’t work as hard to become a doctor as men can.
This clip is definitely an old clip from 2003, the first season of Nip/Tuck. This is important because around that time there were many married mothers that were trying to go back to school to get their degree. The terrible thing is that Nip/Tuck made this impossible for women to accomplish in their show. It could have been intentional. If it was, I don’t think it was intentional to make it seem as though women can’t accomplish their goals. I think it was intentional for Sean and Julia’s relationship because of the episodes that followed.
This example is helpful to understand how gender roles are argued with binary opposites, which are seen as natural. Whatever Sean is, Julia is not. Julia can’t even become what Sean is, even with hard work. However, at the same time, it’s seen as natural. Julia’s natural pregnancy was key in seeing how natural the entire episode is. Julia miscarried and dropped out of school. It was a natural way of dropping out of school. Because it was so natural and biological, we don’t see the difference in gender roles.

Upcoming Events!

Nip/Tuck airs September 4th, 2007. There aren't any comments of new episodes to come in the new season to avoid spoiling the show. However, the creator of Nip/Tuck, Ryan Murphy, is continuing to run the show with its upcoming fifth season. The season is going to be the longest one yet, a total of 22 episodes. No other season before this has gone over 16 episodes. What is going to be even more interesting is the new practice that Sean and Christian, the two doctors, have opened.
Previously, on Nip/Tuck... Sean and Christian moved from Miami, and opened up their new practice in L.A. Julia moved to New York with their little daughter.
It will be interesting to see how the show changed within it's new location, L.A. I wonder how the morals and values that are expressed through the scenes in Miami are going to change now that it will be located in L.A. It's going to be interesting to see the new ideas brought up because of Los Angeles. Another thing that is quite sad is if Julia is ever going to be on the show again. What does this mean for Sean? Is he going to find someone else? Or have the roles changed now that Christian has a serious girlfriend and a son? Is Sean going to be the new womanizer now that her wife has left her?
I'm really excited for the new season to come. After all of this analysis I've been doing on the television serious, I think it's going to be even more interesting to watch the new show.
Now that the show is going to be making an income of eight figures over the next three years, I wonder if the show itself is going to change at all. Is it going to become more or less provocative. All I've seen is each season becoming more and more scandalous. What's next!!

Marxism and Hegemony

The article on Marxism explains the idea that the ruling class has ideals and values that are shown and displayed to the subordinate groups in order to win their consent. The idea of hegemony is played on because the ruling class owns the mean of production. They use their advantages to convince the subordinate groups of their beliefs.
This definitely relates to the television series Nip/Tuck. The owners and producers of Nip/Tuck display the important value of science to their audience. This value is seen through the beauty and perfection of not only women, but also men, that are on the show. The theme song alone says, “Make me beautiful...” This tune is something that can stick in someone’s mind just like any other rhythmic pattern. In the contemporary world of popular culture physical appearance is very important. Women are expected to be thinner than they ever have been, and men as well. Kimber, the beautiful, sexy, and perfect porn star, gets liposuction, breast implants, as well as many other different surgical procedures. Also, Christian, the dreamy doctor, gets liposuction because he couldn’t get his body the way he wanted to with working out. This idea that science is the modern way of thinking is shown through cosmetic procedures. The ruling class, the producers of the show, is winning the consent over all other groups. They are convincing their audience that science and plastic surgery is the modern way of living. They are also convincing them that physical appearance is a very important part of life.

Semiotics

As I begin a semiotic analysis of this image, I must be able to first describe the image in very basic terms. Sean is on the left of the woman, and Christian is on the right. The woman is half naked, holding her breasts. Christian has a marker in his hand that is aimed towards the woman, while looking at Sean. Sean and Christian both have their doctor coats on. The difference in their clothes is Sean has a collared shirt buttoned up with a straight tie, while Christian has his collared shirt unbuttoned with no tie. Sean is holding a notepad and pen. The woman has markings all over her body. The most obvious markings on her body is around her belly button and around her breasts. This is definately the signified. The signifier would be in more simple terms, such as three humans, one facing left, the other facing right, some wearing clothes, others not. I'm still having a problem with pin pointing the signifier because it's really hard to see it in even more simple terms than the signified. The sign of the entire image is basically what the television series is about. There are two doctors, one of them being more uptight than the other. The women are striving for perfection. The marks all over her body shows unnecessary surgery. It shows these surgeries are done because of the value put on physical attraction. The woman in the picture is already beautiful and has a fantastic body. However, she still feels the need to do more and more surgery. It almost becomes an addiction. Christian has the marker in his hand ready to start the process because he thinks perfection is necessary for women to be beautiful. However, Sean is still in the process of answering questions, trying to realize if the woman has a psychological problem, or anything in order to stop the surgery.
Within a myth, the sign of the image is basically the signifier. The signified would be the idea that beauty is a very important value for women. The sign would definitely be the idea of nature vs. science, the idea that plastic surgery is just as good as natural beauty, or that plastic surgery can make you look like you have natural beauty. Or is it that plastic surgery is wrong, and becomes an obsession for women? Barthes writes in the article, Myth Today, "...myth is a system of communication, that it is a message" (1). It's really hard to figure out what the message exactly is.
I think this picture sells Nip/Tuck, not only because of the very attractive characters in Nip/Tuck, but also because it shows what the public is most interested in today, perfection of physical appearance. It's become a major theme in popular culture. I think this picture shows the obsession the public has today about beauty, and also creates a sense of scandal, which the public loves and eats up! I think it's a brilliant photograph and a perfect resemblance of the entire television series.

Structuralism

There are many different structures within the television series, Nip/Tuck, that have meanings beyond the specific content of the show. There are binary oppositions that have to do with the structure of the series.
The most important binary opposition that I see through out the series is nature vs. science. This opposition never changes through out the entire series. I think that it is very important because it is a major concept of culture in the modern era, where plastic surgery is becoming very common. The main characters, including the doctors, were never really interested in plastic surgery for a long time. Although they were surrounded by a world of benefits for physical appearance, they always appeared to be attractive without surgery. However, we learn later on that Julia is interested in breast implants, Christian decided to get liposuction, and Sean had plastic surgery done as a child for impairment of the lip. Julia went through the plastic surgery, however, towards the end of the episode she realized her natural beauty was more important to her. She got them taken out. There is always an argument towards which is better. In Julia’s case, natural beauty was more important. In Christian’s case, plastic surgery was accepted because of the commonality in plastic surgery, especially liposuction. In Sean’s case, plastic surgery was seen as a necessity for impairments, which relates to the impairments of his newborn son’s hands. This is still an issue in the show right now: the opposition of nature vs. science in Connor’s life.
Another binary opposition that never changes is wealth vs. happiness. Each character uses wealth to bring them happiness. However, the wealth never resolves their dysfunctional lives. No matter what they do, they are never content with their lives. Christian buys himself a beautiful Lamborghini in order to have fun and show off his wealth, however, his life is continuously in chaos. Sean and Julia have more than enough money to support the entire family, however, Julia is not content as a stay-at-home mother and wants to continue her plans for med school. Sean’s money does not bring her happiness. Kimber wants this beautiful life of perfection and wealth, which she receives after starting a relationship with another surgeon. However, her life continues as a cocaine addict.
In comparison to the first two binary oppositions, good vs. bad changes through out the series. In the beginning, we see Sean as the good guy that is married and has a family with two kids that he supports successfully. Christian is the bad guy as he treats women terribly and as he acts selfish constantly. Towards the end of what has now been broadcasted on television, Christian has become the good guy because he said his final good byes to the many women in his life. He later adopted a child that he loves and cares for. He has become caring and forgiving. Sean is the bad guy now because he ruined his marriage, and has a terrible relationship with his son, Matt, due to his stubbornness.
Another binary opposition that relates to good vs. bad is loyalty vs. infidelity. This is displayed through almost every single episode. One character is always cheating on his or her mate while the other is loyal. Then it switches around. The character that was loyal is now cheating. It occurs with almost every main character as well. First, Christian cheats on Kimber. Then, Sean cheats on Julia. Then, Julia cheats on Sean. Then, Michelle cheats on her husband with Christian. Even though it seems as though this terrible cycle is ending right now, I don’t believe that it will. I feel as though it will continue through out the entire series.
The last binary opposition that I was able to see in Nip/Tuck is heroes vs. villains. The heroes are the two male wealthy doctors, and the villains are these bad characters that come into the lives of Sean and Christian only to disrupt and distract. In the end, Sean and Christian solve everything and their lives become normal again, for the time being. These bad characters always end up reappearing in the following season. This is an example of how popular culture continues to repeat plots for profit until the audience doesn’t want to watch it anymore.
The entire problem of a structuralist analysis of Nip/Tuck is that the binary oppositions that are proposed through out the series normally change. The plots change and there is not only one major thing that occurs through out the series. There are also so many main characters involved in the television series that it is very hard to depict one or two heroes and villains. I think that a much better example that would benefit from a structuralist analysis is the movie, Astronaut Farmer. It has almost the exact same plot as the western does in Will Wright’s essay on Structuralism and the Western. The binary oppositions are also very similar.
The structure of Astronaut Farmer definitely shows the values we have in America. The entire movie is about a hero that overcomes many obstacles to fulfill and live his dream. For Christ sake, the rocket was named Dreamer. Also, the American family had to have the immigrant Hispanic worker at their home. This shows the differences the American family has compared to other cultures, such as the immigrant lower class Hispanic community.
As Wright writes, “A myth is a communication from a society to its members: the social concepts and attitudes determined by the history and institutions of a society are communicated to its members through it myths” (119). The myths that are portrayed through popular culture are ways to show society what the values are within that society. It shows the members within a society what to value and the importance of certain things. This creates the idea that one society is better than another according to the members of the society.
In Nip/Tuck, it’s hard to see exactly what the television series is valuing. Instead, I think it shows the controversies that are going through out society now, and the problems that are arising. I don’t really know what values the series is trying to say are most important.

Ethnography

Nip/Tuck is a television series that is watched and followed by millions of people. The show is a provocative series with scandals left and right that really shows how these characters' lives are really disturbing and not perfect at all. How does a show that does nothing but make beauty the most important factor of life become so fascinating with millions around the globe? One out of those millions of people is a friend of mine, whose name is Lindsey Braunhuber. She became interested in the show during the second season airing on television. Her older sister introduced her to the show. Her and I started to eventually watch the show together and we look forward to it every week. Nip/Tuck almost became and obsession for her. This made me question why is she so appealed to the series? What is it about the show that draws her attention into the lives of the two male doctors that do not treat women so well? Some things to consider are what Lindsey is like, who she is, and how she relates herself to the show. Lindsey is a 21 year old, who is conscious of her body, a girlfriend of a serious five-year relationship, and a future doctor.
First of all, many girls today are self-conscious of their own bodies because of the demand for woman to be beautiful, and the change of what is considered beauty in the recent years. Supermodels and celebrities are getting thinner by the minute, and girls today are really influenced by their beauty. I've known Lindsey for about three years now and I have never seen her where revealing clothes. I always thought it was because she was a tomboy, however, I learned that she is not happy with her body. She wears very loose tops with jeans. When she would go out to dinner, she would wear a tighter long sleeved shirt that never revealed any skin. This self-image might tie into her interest in Nip/Tuck because the show is about the perfection of one's body. These characters are also self-conscious and want a perfect body. A big portion of the operations is liposuction. I think that Lindsey's importance of physical appearance links to the show's importance of beauty.
Lindsey also has a serious relationship with her boyfriend, Jose, which has been continuing for five years. The hardships that they have been facing have been within the past two years, while her interest for Nip/Tuck has definitely increased. They are going through many difficulties within trust and loyalty. This is directly linked to her following the relationship and marriage between Sean and Julia on Nip/Tuck. This area of the show is definitely her favorite. Her favorite character is Sean because he is the strong person in the relationship who puts a lot of effort into fixing the problems, or at least that's what the audience sees most. Lindsey wants her own relationship with Jose to work for the better, and she truly wants to marry him to start a family in the future. He is her first love, and she realizes that is the reason why she loves him so much. The one thing she wants to see in the future episodes of Nip/Tuck is Sean and Julia's relationship and marriage to work out and continue happily. This is definitely a mimic of what she wants to see in her own relationship and what she is striving for in her future.
Right now, Lindsey is a full time student at UMBC as a Biology major to progress her major life decision to become a successful doctor. She has been studying hard with her first priority as education. She loves the medical world and has a pure interest in biology and science. Her father was a huge influence in her life because his career as a doctor helped spark her interest. She wants to continue in medical store and get her doctorate to become neonatologist, a doctor that treats newborn babies. Her future not only involves what she is interested in but also involved being successful and being able to provide for herself, husband, and children that she hopes to have one day. She sees how much her own family is able to have because of her father's income, and she wants the same for her future family as well. This is a major reason why she started to like Nip/Tuck in the first place. She likes to watch the surgical procedures that are involved within the show. The show, Nip/Tuck, also displays the way in which doctors with a high income spend their money. These doctors spend their money on necessities, like Sean paying for Julia's place while separated, but also for luxuries, like Christian buying a new Lamborghini. Lindsey has also spent her money on both, and she helps that in the future she can support herself for both. She has just recently bought a BMW 328i 2007 with her boyfriend and she definitely likes to drive it around. She also recently purchased a beautiful plasma television. All of these things are what she wants and more in the future with the income she will be making being a neonatologist.
Lindsey Braunhuber interest in Nip/Tuck is very related to her life. Her self-conscious, girlfriend, future doctor identity is definitely portrayed though out the shows plots and scandals. She might not notice it herself, but as one grasps a hand of her life and lifestyle as I did, one can see the connection that she has with the television show. Also, what she hopes for the show, she hopes for her own life. This is very similar to the article, "Gina as Steven", by John Caughey. Gina loves the character Steven Seagal portrays in his martial arts themed films. Gina's interest in his character was a reflection of her own life. She wasn't able to see it herself, however, the author was able to see the connections after viewing her life carefully.
Not only does Lindsey watch Nip/Tuck, but she also like Grey's Anatomy. Can you guess why? The medical world!
I think it's really interesting how the current shows, films, or other media sources today, are grasping onto people's lives and sparking relationships between the medium and the self.

5 Interview Questions

I will be interviewing a close friend of mine who will be named Lindsey Braunhuber within my project. I created a fake first name that is quite similar to her real first name, which she approved of. The last name that I will be using is her ancestor's last name which her father did not take on.

The five questions that I have developed for Lindsey are:

1. What does the phrase "popular culture" mean to you?

2. What are some major decisions that you have made based on your independence, as well as your social life?

3. How would you, or what would you, identify yourself with, or as?

4. What kind of media sources do you use in order to identify yourself with?

5. Who in your life has had a huge impact on your life and why?

Nip/Tuck

The topic that I will be researching through the semester is a television series called Nip/Tuck. I got into the series when the second season was being broadcasted on television. I started by borrowing my friend’s DVD set of the first season of Nip/Tuck. I loved it. It was all about beauty, drama, and scandals. The conflicts that were represented in the show definitely drew me into the series. It became my favorite TV show.
The second season DVD set was even better than the first. I caught up to watch the third season and fourth season on television. When I watched the third and fourth season, I realized how ridiculous the plot and conflicts were actually getting. It continued to become more provocative than it started out as, and more and more I realized how dysfunctional all the character’s lives were.
I’m still looking forward for the fifth season to start, but I definitely don’t consider it my favorite television series anymore. I watch it to see how the lives of the characters progress because the characters have actually grown on me as intimate relationships within the television series. I want to know if Christian is still treating women terribly or if Sean has become more mature. I mainly watch it with my roommate. I even got my boyfriend into the show, but now we are both having second thoughts on if the show is actually good or not, based on our own taste.
I think that the show actually changed my view on plastic surgery. I first thought plastic surgery was a very useful tool in the lives of many people, men and women. After watching the show, I realized how many people take advantage of plastic surgery and actually become obsessed with the outside appearance. Even the theme song itself is able to display the obsession of perfection. The song almost irritates me, but also interests me more with the show and the plastic surgery performances within the show.
I chose this topic because I know that there are many conflicts within this television series that come into mind about the modern popular culture of today. Nip/Tuck contains scenes of sex, lies, scandals, adultery, nudity, and more. I think this show defines what the people of today are most interested in because of the affects of the media. I also think that it will help me understand the show more. I hope that I can understand some of the actions within the show and maybe why the producers chose certain things and left other things out.

These are a few links to great websites about the show!

http://www.tv.com/nip-tuck/show/17095/summary.html
This website is from tv.com. It basically has a short summary of Nip/Tuck, along with news, clips, pictures, cast and crew lists, reviews, episode summaries, and forums. This is a great website for people that don’t watch Nip/tuck. The forum is great for people that do watch the show.

http://www.perfect-lie.net/
This is a great website for true fans of Nip/Tuck where you can actually join the fan list. It is updated on a daily basis with news about Nip/Tuck and recent events about the show.

http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/campaigns/niptuck/main.asp
This is a website against the images displayed on Nip/Tuck. It’s mostly about many people, mainly parents, that don’t want Nip/Tuck to be on basic cable because of the graphic content that is shown to their children.

http://www.niptuckforum.com/
This is showing many different forums based on Nip/Tuck. They talk about all the seasons, characters, and more. It shows what the fans like, dislike, and what they want more from the show. The audience and fans post here!