The Passing of Michael Jackson: Some Sobering Thoughts
AS the world of pop gets caught up with mourning the passing of Michael Jackson, here's an excellent article from the National Review Online.
I suspect that part of the world's adoration for MJ has got to do with the TV-saturated culture that we find ourselves in today where personality (which is what TV gives us) - instead of character - is seen as as more reliable testimony of a person's true self. None of us know Mike well enough - to venerate him to this extent says more about our ways of judging than who Mike is as a person.
I would suggest we read, and re-read Neil's Postman classic, Amusing ourselves to Death - to understand the malaise of modern TV culture - in remedying our understanding of our times.
I suspect that part of the world's adoration for MJ has got to do with the TV-saturated culture that we find ourselves in today where personality (which is what TV gives us) - instead of character - is seen as as more reliable testimony of a person's true self. None of us know Mike well enough - to venerate him to this extent says more about our ways of judging than who Mike is as a person.
I would suggest we read, and re-read Neil's Postman classic, Amusing ourselves to Death - to understand the malaise of modern TV culture - in remedying our understanding of our times.
posted by Benjamin Ho at
8:12 PM
1 Comments:
I think you would enjoy Stuart McMillan's illustration of the foreword from Neil Portman's book.
http://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death.html
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