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HamiC · 05-01-2003, 03:05 AM

I think we've become extremely jaded to what is real/unreal with around the clock and on the spot news coverage, reality TV, and the internet.

Here we have a powerful and moving moment....but it is in an arena full of people, on TV, and plugged on the internet by the NBA. You half-expect there to be some sort of voiceover that plugs the NBA as kinder and gentler. Somehow the exposure of the moment takes away from it.

I think we have reached a point where, unless it is a personal moment, a certain cynicism and skepticism keeps us from relating in a way we once would have. We are losing the ability to share in other people's moments because we keep expecting "and now I'm going to Disney", a mad dash to trademark an improtu phrase like "Let's Roll", or the inevitable mugshot of the principal on The Smoking Gun.

Nice clip. Sad state of affairs.

05-01-2003, 03:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
HamiC Insane Location: USA	I think we've become extremely jaded to what is real/unreal with around the clock and on the spot news coverage, reality TV, and the internet. Here we have a powerful and moving moment....but it is in an arena full of people, on TV, and plugged on the internet by the NBA. You half-expect there to be some sort of voiceover that plugs the NBA as kinder and gentler. Somehow the exposure of the moment takes away from it. I think we have reached a point where, unless it is a personal moment, a certain cynicism and skepticism keeps us from relating in a way we once would have. We are losing the ability to share in other people's moments because we keep expecting "and now I'm going to Disney", a mad dash to trademark an improtu phrase like "Let's Roll", or the inevitable mugshot of the principal on The Smoking Gun. Nice clip. Sad state of affairs.