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yup, i know.

then we traded it in for the truman show.

'madmen' is the new 'sopranos'. i was happy to see that obama relaxes to it on the campaign plane.

anyone want to learn through drama how the truman show took over western media culture in the sixties could do worse than check it out.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:01:07 AM EST
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You're romanticising other cultures, which are generally also pretty crappy. 80% of everything is shit.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:22:10 AM EST
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Actually, remind me at what point "our" culture was so bloody great? 1800s? 1930s? 1950s?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:26:14 AM EST
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I thought the consensus was no later than 8000 BC?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:31:30 AM EST
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well, our culture produced artifacts that still command global respect.

lately not so much.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:39:55 AM EST
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Whereas other cultures have been churning out global-respect-commanding artifacts at an alarming rate, lately.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:44:11 AM EST
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ok, ok, i really set myself up for that one!

i guess the chinese olympics...

<dux>

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:48:00 AM EST
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You mean the Chinese do Western™ culture better than The West™?

Not that that would be too surprising...

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:50:31 AM EST
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actually we still produce music and movies that command respect...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:43:52 AM EST
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Do you have a source for that statistic?

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:26:57 AM EST
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Sure, though I'm being a bit conservative.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:28:49 AM EST
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yes it's true, maybe 90+%!

the virtue of other cultures is they're not ours, which of course can lead to romanticisation, of which i have been guilty, but no more, no more...

not since i found ET, lol!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:42:43 AM EST
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