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yangwar · 04-30-2003, 04:58 PM

http://www.nba.com/media/blazers/CHE...ERT_ANTHEM.asf

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What is it about those moments in time that can change everything? Those odd, unexpected times that jump out at you without warning. Will she ever have the confidence to sing again? Does some boy in Indiana have a crush on her after seeing her on national tv? Did she give a child the courage to reveal something to an often at odds father?

Sometimes it just strikes me how powerful a minute or two can be. It amazes me that such a short time can change so much. At the very least, you can't deny that it's dripping with humanity, as Hallmark as it is.

Watch. Discuss.

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.

04-30-2003, 04:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
yangwar Crazy Location: Nacogdoches, TX	What is it that makes a moment a moment? Video Link http://www.nba.com/media/blazers/CHE...ERT_ANTHEM.asf I hate embedding. Forgive me. What is it about those moments in time that can change everything? Those odd, unexpected times that jump out at you without warning. Will she ever have the confidence to sing again? Does some boy in Indiana have a crush on her after seeing her on national tv? Did she give a child the courage to reveal something to an often at odds father? Sometimes it just strikes me how powerful a minute or two can be. It amazes me that such a short time can change so much. At the very least, you can't deny that it's dripping with humanity, as Hallmark as it is. Watch. Discuss. __________________ My mouth is a word factory.

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.