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!