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Post by jdredd on Dec 18, 2013 17:48:17 GMT -5
Has our culture become stagnant? I'm beginning to think so. For instance, why is Saturday Night Live still on? Is someone still watching it? Why? How about The Simpsons? (How much money has it's creater made Murdoch, I wonder?) What could it have new to say after all these years? And Music, its all sounding the same for the last 20 years. Of course lots of people like to hear the same music over and over for decades. Look at "Classic Rock". What brain dead moron wants to hear that two hit wonder Heart for the millionth time? And "Alternative Rock" is now how old? In movies Bruckheimer is planning to reboot "Top Gun". Good luck with that. Hollywood just recycles the same old crap.
You might be able to argue "Social Media" is a new cultural thing, and it is a new way to get your message out. But is it just the same old recycled message in a new bottle? Then again, it may appear new to the Millennials.
Maybe I'm just getting old.
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Post by jdredd on Dec 19, 2013 4:49:08 GMT -5
That reminds me how the Fox News types are trying to engage the left in the so-called "Culture Wars", which they have been notoriously unsuccessful at among certain demographics, such as urban minorities. They do fine amongst the rural religious working classes, and affluent suburbanites. Unfortunately that is no longer enough to win elections at the national level, but demographics are always changing, and perhaps they will get enough traction from Obamacare to make some progress.
One example was on "The Five" today when one of them mentioned how OC offended people who see themselves as "Rugged Individualists". I wonder how many people see themselves like that in the second decade of the 21st Century. When you can barely put food on the table because you have a crappy minimum wage job, how attractive can being a "rugged individualist" be? We are no longer living on the frontier.
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Post by jdredd on Dec 19, 2013 15:42:11 GMT -5
But I don't want to get on a "Culture War" tangent. My question is whether the culture is stagnating regardless of being left or right.
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Post by jdredd on Dec 21, 2013 1:53:40 GMT -5
I wonder if for conservatives, cultural "stagnation" would be considered a good thing. But then I think about how they love Capitalism and the Free Market, in which nothing is sacred and everything can be a target for change, so who knows?
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Post by jdredd on Feb 4, 2014 5:14:01 GMT -5
The Super Bowl seems to be getting to be a larger part of American "culture" every year, for better or worse. Is it just filling a vacuum? How much does culture even matter?
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Post by jdredd on Feb 10, 2014 13:42:24 GMT -5
How much does football matter to Americans? One Hint: While the Chargers were in the playoffs, viewings of this site went up past 300 a day. Now its back down to it's usual 150 or so.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 16, 2014 2:33:44 GMT -5
I don't know if culture matters, but I guess Glenn Beck does: I heard him say that not only does America need an "Economic Revolution" (Whatever that means), but a "Cultural Revolution" (his actual words. Isn't that what Mao was after?). I guess that means a return to "traditional" values. Good luck with that.
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Post by jdredd on Mar 2, 2014 13:14:33 GMT -5
So tonight is the Oscars. As a cultural event, it is nowhere as big as the Superbowl, at least in America. Lots of Americans look down their noses at Hollywood, but not many the Superbowl. Why, I don't know. Both are corporate events, but I guess in the so-called "Heartland" of America Hollywood is a dirty word. Is it because there are so many Jews and gays in Hollywood? Or that lots of movie stars are bigmouth liberals, even though Hollywood is of, by, and for corporate profits? Which is pretty much what the Oscars are all about: money-making corporations patting themselves on the back. Who knew culture could be so profitable? Probably all the people who have made millions off Vincent Van Gogh, who never sold a painting while alive.
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Post by jdredd on Mar 3, 2014 14:59:18 GMT -5
So the 2014 Oscars have come and gone, and I wonder if anyone else sensed the tiredness of the whole shebang. Even the top movies have a "been there, done this" look about them IMHO. Well, maybe if you were an oblivious young person, a movie about slavery would be enlightening, but I don't know, I haven't seen it. As for "Gravity", it had a retro feel. We don't even have any operational Space Shuttles anymore. And "Dallas Buyer's Club" was about the AIDS crisis of 30 or so years ago. I didn't see "American Hustle", but it was set back in the 70's or 80's I believe. Are the Boomers pining for old times or something? Talk about a recipe for stagnation.
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Post by jdredd on Mar 9, 2014 5:29:40 GMT -5
I just remembered how radio blowhard Michael Savage is always warning about America not protecting its "Border, language, and culture". I wonder what culture he is talking about?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2014 11:36:44 GMT -5
I just remembered how radio blowhard Michael Savage is always warning about America not protecting its "Border, language, and culture". I wonder what culture he is talking about? American Culture! Not press 1 for spanish, celebrating foreign holidays like cinc de mayo liberals force it on us, and so on! Call him a blowhard! His prediction is right on the money! no wonder liberals cant stand him, He exposes liberals, and Repukes fake conservatives!
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Post by jdredd on Mar 9, 2014 12:58:42 GMT -5
I just remembered how radio blowhard Michael Savage is always warning about America not protecting its "Border, language, and culture". I wonder what culture he is talking about? American Culture! Not press 1 for spanish, celebrating foreign holidays like cinc de mayo liberals force it on us, and so on! Call him a blowhard! His prediction is right on the money! no wonder liberals cant stand him, He exposes liberals, and Repukes fake conservatives! What's wrong with Cinco de Mayo? It's another great excuse to get drunk, like Mardi Gras (French), St. Patrick's Day (Irish), and Octoberfest (German)! And as always, one person's blowhard is another person's prophet.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2014 2:22:04 GMT -5
American Culture! Not press 1 for spanish, celebrating foreign holidays like cinc de mayo liberals force it on us, and so on! Call him a blowhard! His prediction is right on the money! no wonder liberals cant stand him, He exposes liberals, and Repukes fake conservatives! What's wrong with Cinco de Mayo? It's another great excuse to get drunk, like Mardi Gras (French), St. Patrick's Day (Irish), and Octoberfest (German)! And as always, one person's blowhard is another person's prophet. Mexicans dont celebrate cinco de mayo, liberals force that crap on failed school system! You cant wear american flag logo shirt so you wont offend mexicans! These racist white devils is stirring up a race war! you dont force the foreign so called holiday on american public especially public schools! I remember some of my fellow mexicans said the americans use it to profit cinco de mayo. because its not a celebrated holiday in mexico! Just try to force American holidays in some foreign countries while you live in some country, Their people wont like that! Mardi Gras (French), St. Patrick's Day (Irish), and Octoberfest (German)! Its all fine and dandy, dont force it on america and demand respect! Students should have the right to wear clothing with American flag logo on clothing Its called our culture, Schools has no business in forcing and encouraging students to wear clothing with Mexican flag or other countries flag. dont force their culture on us! America comes first! Students can wear their shirts with their country logo as long they dont demand people to respect their country culture! My daughter and son can wear their shirts with phillippine flag logo at school if they want to remember their heritage and america will always be first thats their heritage, But they will never demand people to respect their culture!
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Post by jdredd on Mar 10, 2014 5:16:11 GMT -5
What's wrong with Cinco de Mayo? It's another great excuse to get drunk, like Mardi Gras (French), St. Patrick's Day (Irish), and Octoberfest (German)! And as always, one person's blowhard is another person's prophet. Mexicans dont celebrate cinco de mayo, liberals force that crap on failed school system! You cant wear american flag logo shirt so you wont offend mexicans! These racist white devils is stirring up a race war! you dont force the foreign so called holiday on american public especially public schools! I remember some of my fellow mexicans said the americans use it to profit cinco de mayo. because its not a celebrated holiday in mexico! Just try to force American holidays in some foreign countries while you live in some country, Their people wont like that! Mardi Gras (French), St. Patrick's Day (Irish), and Octoberfest (German)! Its all fine and dandy, dont force it on america and demand respect! Students should have the right to wear clothing with American flag logo on clothing Its called our culture, Schools has no business in forcing and encouraging students to wear clothing with Mexican flag or other countries flag. dont force their culture on us! America comes first! Students can wear their shirts with their country logo as long they dont demand people to respect their country culture! My daughter and son can wear their shirts with phillippine flag logo at school if they want to remember their heritage and america will always be first thats their heritage, But they will never demand people to respect their culture! Hmmm...if Cinco de Mayo is not celebrated in Mexico, doesn't that make it an American holiday? I'm just glad it's easily ignored, unlike Christmas.
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Post by jdredd on Mar 11, 2014 3:26:27 GMT -5
www.nationalreview.com/article/372988/new-glenn-beck-eliana-johnson"Beck’s disenchantment with news and politics aren’t just for show. Though best known for his flame-throwing political commentary, he is turning his attention to cultural projects like plays and movies. His years in TV, he says, have taught him that news is secondary to culture. “News,” he says, is simply “what the culture allows.” "His interest in Disney is symbolic of the shift in his attention and efforts toward culture and away from politics. He had a realization: “Culture is the lead. That’s the dog. The news is the tail.” "He pulls out a piece of early publicity on Disneyland, points to a paragraph, and reads aloud. “Disneyland will be based upon and dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America and it will be uniquely equipped to dramatize these dreams and facts and send them forth as a source of courage and inspiration to all the world.” Beck, known to burst into tears at a moment’s notice, looks like he might do so right now. “That’s what we’re gonna do,” he declares. “That’s how I intend on impacting culture. To do that.” Perhaps someday we will all be going to Beckland. But I think the right has twisted the "dreams and facts" that created America into something not at all a source of courage and inspiration, but more a source of elitism, exploitation, and exclusion. I do agree with Beck about the trivial bullshit that is called "news".
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