Heights of insecurity!
Hi there,
As I was discussing with a friend on the shallowness of thoughts promoted by the popular media, the insecure nature of modern "art-forms" dawned on us.
The modern "art" (any modern media extension that we pay for) functions with an ulterior interest of having its patrons addicted to it. In other words, its idea is to retain its clientele and also ensure that its clients do not get enticed to other forms.
An intriguing (but, equally astonishing) fact: Have we have ever seen a character reading (a serious book or even a paperback) in any of the recent movies, or dramas staged? Speeches covered in the popular media are devoid of references to any literary works.
The plot beneath is truly shocking. The common-man's media happens to be television and movies. And these two forms of media have made it a point to jointly decided not to promote any other art forms. Reason: Serious art would expand the mind, and the days of pulp fiction content would be numbered. Also, pulp fiction is easy to produce. So, if minds get expanded, satisfying expanded minds is pretty tough. Hence the maddening rush to produce, patronize and worship mindless content.
The only two movies, I could think of, that had some reference to must-read authors are Life is Beautiful and Nanba, Nanba. The former pays homage to Schopenhauer (in an implicit mode) and the latter shows one of the characters reading Elia Kazan's Understudy. Watching a character reading Understudy (that too, in a Tamil Movie) came as a rude shock to me.
It is time we woke up, questioned our habits and came out of our mindless addiction to our modern day anathema (read: popular media).
Luv,
Vijay
As I was discussing with a friend on the shallowness of thoughts promoted by the popular media, the insecure nature of modern "art-forms" dawned on us.
The modern "art" (any modern media extension that we pay for) functions with an ulterior interest of having its patrons addicted to it. In other words, its idea is to retain its clientele and also ensure that its clients do not get enticed to other forms.
An intriguing (but, equally astonishing) fact: Have we have ever seen a character reading (a serious book or even a paperback) in any of the recent movies, or dramas staged? Speeches covered in the popular media are devoid of references to any literary works.
The plot beneath is truly shocking. The common-man's media happens to be television and movies. And these two forms of media have made it a point to jointly decided not to promote any other art forms. Reason: Serious art would expand the mind, and the days of pulp fiction content would be numbered. Also, pulp fiction is easy to produce. So, if minds get expanded, satisfying expanded minds is pretty tough. Hence the maddening rush to produce, patronize and worship mindless content.
The only two movies, I could think of, that had some reference to must-read authors are Life is Beautiful and Nanba, Nanba. The former pays homage to Schopenhauer (in an implicit mode) and the latter shows one of the characters reading Elia Kazan's Understudy. Watching a character reading Understudy (that too, in a Tamil Movie) came as a rude shock to me.
It is time we woke up, questioned our habits and came out of our mindless addiction to our modern day anathema (read: popular media).
Luv,
Vijay
posted by Vijay at 10:42 AM
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