HBO came up with this slogan, which is "It's not TV, it's HBO". What does that exactly mean? Obviously HBO is not a network cable station that plays TV series. We know that in order to watch HBO, people have to subscribe to it, because it is considered a "premium channel". Why? Because they show movies, and commercial free TV series, and miniseries, etc. After reading this article on HBO, and whether or not it's considered art, I realized something.... I don't believe that HBO Drama series, like the Sopranos, should be considered art, or artistic, or anything to do with art. When I think of art, I think of something along the lines of a Picasso painting, or a form of dancing, not a director writing a script about a Mafia family. On another note, everyone is titled to their own opinion, and many people have different definitions of what they consider to be "art".
Many HBO series are great to watch, especially the dramas. I personally prefer all of the miniseries that they have done. My 2 favorite being Band of Brothers, and The Pacific. Now, to contradict myself in saying I don't believe in HBO drama series being "art", I will say that those two miniseries could be considered art. For example, both miniseries was based around two very important historical times in the US, and when a director can recapture those moments and tell it with such power, it then can become art. It's re-telling the importance of our nation, and the history of what happened. With the Sopranos, it's just an hour long, commercial free tv show that shows us the lives of Tony Soprano, who is a fictional character acting in a series.
The way people look at art varies differently-therefore people's opinions change on whether or not HBO has taken that step in creating drama series as being artistic. Sopranos-No, The Pacific/Band of Brothers- Yes.
Sopranos recapturing history?-No... The Pacific/Band of Brothers-Yes.
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