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Reviewed by choizboyz on Aug 24 2008, 12:49pm
Review by Tallocast is funny.
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Reviewed by judefa on Jul 26 2008, 11:16am
OK, America, let's talk about you for a bit. (America likes nothing better!) I grew up soaked in your culture just as your own people do -- I knew all your best writers, movies and music, and had the extra bonus of an American boyfriend during a formative period. I wasn't fully aware of how different you were though till I found myself in a strange land for the first time in 1981. And I had been all over Australia and Europe plus to Turkey, so I had seen some strange. I landed in LA and from there was to make my way up the coast to relatives in Oregon; the rest was open. Early impressions: I thought your people were mad. In fact my one metaphor for the experience, first time in the US, was that of an asylum -- and that sense didn't leave me till I crossed the border into Canada/sanity some weeks later. Canadians, you see, are (or were) fed as we New Zealanders are, on British assumptions that include a particular sense of humour, social expectations, personal boundaries and a great deal that is indefinable. I have spent more time in the US since then, on several trips, including one in which I used nothing but a Greyhound pass for two months. This was a sensational experience. I had relaxed about the differences and felt less threatened. I could move away from hustlers, disregard people who were too pushy in a more general sense and laugh at the seemingly alarmist mindset of many. I was still struck by the number of gushy, loud and nutty types though, and the TV was even madder. What struck me most of all, both in real life and on the box, was the propensity for drama. I am guessing it started on TV, with channels down through the decades all vying for attention. The one sure way to get that is to grip people with anticipation -- of danger, excitement, titillation or some other crescendo. And I realise this is a very amateur analysis but it seems to me the manipulation of attention is so successful that the masses can be kept fixated on what someone else thinks is next -- because someone stands to profit out of it. Continued here
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Rated by Nolat on Feb 03 2008, 9:45pm
Nothing like some patriotism.
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Rated by Tallocaust on Apr 20 2007, 11:18pm
I'm pretty sure I live here.
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Rated by Mustang-Kev on Oct 08 2005, 11:34pm
Old Glory.
