Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Mind Cancer
My distaste for commercial television and Hollywood style movies is legend to those who know me. My lack of knowledge leaves me out of so many conversations I have to wonder if I'm the one who doesn't have a life. Thanks god for the holocaust for dispelling me of that notion. I don't mean I'm glad there was a holocaust. I can't even bear to see one more stinking movie that even mentions it. It just makes me too sick. I promise, I'll never forget. If I ever got caught making out during Schindler's List (obvious TV reference there derived from watching Seinfeld DVD's) it would be so I wouldn't have to watch it. Not out of disrespect. But of such profound respect, I can't bear to have it in my head any longer.Cathy has an odd habit of sneaking in DVD's that are holocaust-grade depressing. Last night she sat me down to watch one innocently called "Paperclips." The minute the narrator mentioned "six million jews" twice in the opening lines, I was out of there. I hid in my studio and turned on the TV. That's how desperate I was to escape any mention of the Holocaust. I was all played out musically for the day and my internet was down so I watched two sitcoms in a row. This is another cruel form of torture that I hope they are not using at Guantonamo.
I'm not gonna mention the shows by name. They are both highly regarded by some. They even made me laugh once or twice but mostly I was just amazed that millions of people, way more than 6 million, voluntarily submit their minds to this form of mass murder on a daily basis. TV just SUCKS. SO. MUCH. Real life is way funnier and more interesting. Honest it is. Try it sometime. The key thing is that it is real. And there are no commercials. Well sort of. But I don't have to look at billboards and such. There are always interesting people to watch. I provide my own laugh track. I'm good like that. I know what's funny without a reminder.
Yeah, I know there's some good stuff on TV. Most of it on HBO, which means I rent it a year late. I don't care. It's not gonna come up in any conversation of mine anyway. Nor will I be writing about it. TV is killing live entertainment. And , did I mention that it sucks?
Having slaughtered that sacred cow. I will now disappear for a few days. I think I know where Dick Cheney hides. I hope his cable is out.
posted by Bud @ 7:21 AM
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