On Generation 'FNL'
@ Brett
On the racism stuff, it's a matter of degree. Yes, perhaps there are a few episodes dedicated to it, but, if FNL were reflecting late-80s Odessa, it would've permeated every single episode, and FNL would've been a very different show.
Also, it's kind of funny that in the TV show Riggins is a character who struggles to grow up. In real life, Riggins is one of the only members of the team who ends up a fulfilled, mature adult.
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On Generation 'FNL'
I'm going to be that guy:
I enjoyed watching seasons 1 and 2 of the show (never got beyond that), but am pretty disappointed by the fact that it makes very little effort to reflect the almost unbelievable racism that's rampant in Odessa (the real world version of Dillon) even 35 years after Brown v Board of Ed (the book is from the late '80s, and the schools in Odessa had been racially integrated only a few years prior). The show also downplays the fact that many of these kids' lives will go nowhere post-high school due to the town's complete prioritization of football over academics (the book's epilogue is a painful read). The book is seriously dark, and while the sugarcoating on race and on the kids' prospects in the real world probably makes the show palatable (pun intended) to a wider audience, it does result in a product that's not representative and, at least in my opinion, less powerful.
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On How To Fix The 'New York Post'
Why not read the Daily News? It's like the Post, but with better comics and fairly liberal politics.