Pop Goes The Culture, Along With My Dignity
My favorite quote from another book I wish I had time to finish: Killing Yourself To Live – Chuck Klosterman.
“But this is how popular culture works: You allow yourself to be convinced you’re sharing a reality that doesn’t exist. Every summer, Hollywood movie studios convince millions of people to see blockbuster movies they know they’re going to hate. “Every day, shows like Access Hollywood force 2 million housewives to ask themselves, “Who really cares who Lindsay Lohan is dating?” And you know what the answer is? Almost no one. There are very few Americans who honestly care who Lindsay Lohan is dating. But it’s still information they need to have. This is because those people care about something else entirely; they’re worried about the possibility of everyone else understanding something that they’re missing.”
So I guess that’s the reason The Hills is on my TV right now. Blame my girlfriend. I only watch in the name of “research.”