Reply #9: aha, our tax dollars at work!

[Lisa]

I stand corrected. I didn't even think of checking around to look at the other time zones. They did promise on the National broadcast that they would be showing it again, twice, on the weekend ... and usually they aim for the afternoon or evening, to net the biggest audience.

The first installment is very good, Iverglas. I would offer to tape it for you just in case, but my VCR is en route to a friend on the Queen Charlottes (her hubby got theirs in the divorce, and she's going stir-crazy for lack of entertainment).

I found, after I got used to the garments, that the eyes were very revealing -- the daughter especially was acting like a typical teenager, rolling her eyes etc. -- which is why I was a bit surprised to find that she's actually older. Just not that mature, I guess! I think you pretty well summed it up with "affectation" ... the whining and selfishness made Abdulrahman seem like the voice of reason. And when I was hoping that the mother would intervene with a sensible comment, she goes right off the deep end! An Anglo-Iranian co-worker caught part of the broadcast, and was so appalled that she changed channels. She's still fuming over that bald assertion that it's better for women to have no education at all than one that might be "contaminated".