{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "thinking about Touched by an Angel\n I remember I used to watch that as a kid with my parents, which is kinda weird looking back,...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/187345910538/", "html": "<p><a href=\"/post/187345859273/\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p><blockquote>\n<p>thinking about Touched by an Angel</p>\n<p>I remember I used to watch that as a kid with my parents, which is kinda weird looking back, with a Catholic-as-in-nationality dad and a Protestant-less-as-Christian-than-not-Catholic mom.</p>\n<p>I remember Walker, Texas Ranger too but not so much Dr. Quinn. And Sears commercials.</p>\n<p>Anyway, once in LA I went to a <a href=\"https://theihs.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Koch-funded</a> libertarian screenwriting seminar because of course I did, and one of the speakers was I believe Valerie Woods</p>\n<p>who was a heavyset New Agey black woman, and as I heard her speak was like \u201comg, this is how they firmed up the voice of Tess\u201d, Monica\u2019s supervisor</p>\n<p>that show was pretty Christian and post-Christian at the same time in a way that was really 90s, remember Andrew, the ambiguously gay Angel of Death?</p>\n<p>Remember the devil version of Monica? Monique? Also played by Roma Downey?</p>\n<p>Remember how she actually showed up the same week (Feb 21-23, 1999) as \u201cVamp Willow\u201d in BTVS Doppelgangland and there was just something in the water like \u201coh let\u2019s do the hot predatory evil version of our nice redhead girl this week\u201d<br/></p>\n<p>Oh wow it was filmed in Salt Lake City? Of course it was!<br/></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>It was an <i>angel procedural</i>, honestly looking back that\u2019s amazing<br/></p><p>And Tess and Monica were coded as a <i>nursing shift</i>, that\u2019s cute<br/></p>"}