here i am now, entertain me!
I just got back from Las Vegas. how can I really convey what is there..."what happens in LV stays in LV". is this just to perpetuate the ridiculous city this is? as kie and I walked around it was just incredible what we saw...
our culture so desperately grasping for this need for entertainment that they have elevated this place as one of our greatest achievements. really we at least were striving to reach god on our own with the tower of Babel...now we have dropped to the depths of "medicating" ourselves with entertainment. usually visual stimulus...motivated by greed or television's case just a sick way of departing from our lives. laughing at the craziness of others--usually caricatures of actual people grossly manipulated to displace our own sense of people, situations, etc. in the past Nazi's manipulated images of Jews to created a stereotype, African-Americans were made fun of in the US and now we have sick representations of homosexuals. how have we as a society put up with the likes of will and grace...oh wait...we all are doing this!! instead of it being a race, gender, etc, it is making little girls like hillary duff, etc. we look at the 5 uber people of a show like friends with their stupid people, jock, smart guy, funny guy, and pretty girl...we see how we are to fit into society. all with addicted personalities, wrapped up in their selves, and always looking for the latest and greatest (whether that is in things or people). our entertainment is causing the same stereotypes that as what was done in the past...but new and improved (and PC).
we accept the motto SEX SELLS. we are manipulated to buy something because of images of "sexy people" doing "sexy things. pornography, strippers prostitutes...but for some reason in LV they are acceptable, even to the common every day man. I once read a report that suggested that people don't consider it "cheating" if it happens while you are on a business trip. SCARY! las vegas might be loud and in your faces...but as I return to houston I see how it is not a symptom of that place but our hearts! kie and I started talking about what is really the difference between DISNEY and VEGAS...one is for kids, one is for adults. but in the end isn't each trying the same thing. entertain, fantasy, with a healthy dose of consumerism! are we training our children to be future little consumers that are all controlled by the power of ENTERTAINMENT.
so I am fully becoming aware of this...trust me...I am not one of those "I am not like you" people. I am trapped by my need to be entertained despite the fact that I have recognized this. in amused to death it talks about the fact that we used to have full day long debates for president. WHAT you mean they used to actually say things ... you mean like listen then reply?!? WILD!
don't be fooled by fake castles and pyramids....require more...hope desperately for truth to ring louder than that stupid bell on the slot machines!!
our culture so desperately grasping for this need for entertainment that they have elevated this place as one of our greatest achievements. really we at least were striving to reach god on our own with the tower of Babel...now we have dropped to the depths of "medicating" ourselves with entertainment. usually visual stimulus...motivated by greed or television's case just a sick way of departing from our lives. laughing at the craziness of others--usually caricatures of actual people grossly manipulated to displace our own sense of people, situations, etc. in the past Nazi's manipulated images of Jews to created a stereotype, African-Americans were made fun of in the US and now we have sick representations of homosexuals. how have we as a society put up with the likes of will and grace...oh wait...we all are doing this!! instead of it being a race, gender, etc, it is making little girls like hillary duff, etc. we look at the 5 uber people of a show like friends with their stupid people, jock, smart guy, funny guy, and pretty girl...we see how we are to fit into society. all with addicted personalities, wrapped up in their selves, and always looking for the latest and greatest (whether that is in things or people). our entertainment is causing the same stereotypes that as what was done in the past...but new and improved (and PC).
we accept the motto SEX SELLS. we are manipulated to buy something because of images of "sexy people" doing "sexy things. pornography, strippers prostitutes...but for some reason in LV they are acceptable, even to the common every day man. I once read a report that suggested that people don't consider it "cheating" if it happens while you are on a business trip. SCARY! las vegas might be loud and in your faces...but as I return to houston I see how it is not a symptom of that place but our hearts! kie and I started talking about what is really the difference between DISNEY and VEGAS...one is for kids, one is for adults. but in the end isn't each trying the same thing. entertain, fantasy, with a healthy dose of consumerism! are we training our children to be future little consumers that are all controlled by the power of ENTERTAINMENT.
so I am fully becoming aware of this...trust me...I am not one of those "I am not like you" people. I am trapped by my need to be entertained despite the fact that I have recognized this. in amused to death it talks about the fact that we used to have full day long debates for president. WHAT you mean they used to actually say things ... you mean like listen then reply?!? WILD!
don't be fooled by fake castles and pyramids....require more...hope desperately for truth to ring louder than that stupid bell on the slot machines!!
posted by raj at 11:22 AM
2 Comments:
I've never made it out to Vegas, but I've always thought that I would only be able to take it for a short period of time, and then I would need to get outside the city to see the surroundings, to see Hoover Dam, etc.
Fantastic post! I don't know how I missed until now. I liked the Disney, LV comparison. Disney frightens me a bit too with what they are teaching the wee ones.
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