Assigment 2 9/25 Eng 101

Savannah Ballard

English 101

                 The artifact that I have chosen for Assignment 2 is a television show. This show is two years old, originally airing in 2012, and it has a similar number of good (5) and bad (5) reviews. Chicago Fire is about fire-fighters and paramedics who work at Firehouse 51 in Chicago, IL. This show is classified as a drama, and more specifically as an Action-Adventure Drama. The critics also had mixed reviews about this show, presenting their critiques and praises in the 13 mixed reviews on metacritic.com. An example of a review where the critic said that Chicago Fire was a good show is from the Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd. He stated that “In a world without cable dramas, Chicago Fire would be considered television at its more compelling and realistic. As it is, it walks the line between shameless entertainment--hot guys, hot girls, the fires within, the fires without--and intelligent storytelling.” As well as good reviews, this show was given some bad reviews such as David Wiegand’s review at the San Francisco Chronicle. He said that “Wolf either doesn't know what to do with his characters while they're waiting around for a fire to break out, or thinks their personal stories should be the dominant element in his new series. They could be, if only those stories weren't ripped from the book of overused clichés.” Not only did Chicago Fire receive good and bad reviews, it had mixed reviews. Here is an example of a mixed review by Hitfix’s Alan Sepinwall, “There's no character you haven't seen before. More importantly, there's no character that hasn't been done much, much better elsewhere.” He sounds more displeased with the show than pleased but he gave it a mixed review. This show can be found on the internet, at multiple sites. I believe Chicago Fire is a great Action-Adventure Drama because it has multiple high intensity action situations per episode, a plot with many twists and turns that add depth to the show, and each character develops to make life and death situations that are very difficult.