Category: pop culture
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The Internet: Where everything is important
If Naomi Wolf’s vagina had its own website, it would read much like Salon — the homepage of progressive scolds who blog almost exclusively about phobias and “Girls.” Their dream headline would go something like this: “Why you should be concerned about Islamophobic critics of Lena Dunham.” Salon likes to tell us what matters and…
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Apoloigizing for my hometown
Though technically created in a lab by Dick Clark, Ryan Seacrest’s birthplace is listed as Atlanta (Dunwoody, to be exact, but close enough). We’re sorry. Having done his part to make pop music and TV unbearable the carefully programmed carbon rod on Wednesday announced he is branching out to movies. The budding producer’s first film…
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The most mawkish of the 9/11 retrospectives
The BIO channel is running a Sept. 11 special so offensive you assume it’s a parody. It’s not. Hollywood spares no hyperbole when patting itself on the back. When Pop Culture Saved America: A 9/11 Story Never forget the sacrifices made by pop stars like Lance Bass and J.C. Chasez, the REAL heroes of Sept.…
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My Harry Potter memories
Once I was sitting on a plane next to a woman reading one of the Harry Potter books. “Have you read [Harry Potter & the Troll’s Gall Bladder?] yet?” “No. I’m an adult.” That is all.
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Hollywood vs. the kids
The cultural right’s fixation on permissiveness misses the real threat presented by the entertainment industry. Fame is the leading value emphasized by television shows popular among 9-to-11-year-olds, a major change from the past, according to a study by UCLA psychologists released today. Fame was 15th among 16 values in similar studies conducted in 1987 and…
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