I'm wondering because my journey through life has been significantly different from my peoples'. Not that different-- not as different, say, as a blind person or someone who was in a cult or for ten years-- but in less spectacular ways. For instance, I've only been two concerts in my life, never went to parties till I was in my late twenties, was extremely withdrawn and introverted in school, never been to a wedding as an adult, never been camping. I feel a strong sense of separation from the portrayal of life I see in movies, TV programmes, magazines and advertisements. Not the best ones...I think the best works of art have a universal resonance that goes beyond circumstance. But other ones. The thing is, when I look at other people, very few of them seem to fit the profile of the ordinary person you see in sit-coms and movies and books, or hear about in songs, or read about in magazine columns. I'm wondering if other people feel that the culture industries caricature real life.
2007-11-11
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Wulfstan O Malley
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Philosophy