[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> reality tv

[pi <pi@attacksyour.net>]

it has to be said, that j.r.r. tolkien actively
refused that his books have to be read as
analogies of this worlds problems. he seems to
have been confronted with this a lot of times. so
whatever you may read - you will read. but the
authors intentions were obviously different.

martin pi




On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 bmoretti@chariot.net.au wrote:

> i was musing this afternoon on the topic of reality tv. do the tv 
> watching consumers of the west still need to have a fabricated reality 
> fed to them every night, since 11 september? or is the all too clear 
> reality of war, death and hard choices that has been forced upon them 
> too realistic. i recall a tv executive stating that reality tv would 
> become the most important entertainment sector on tv, until a couple of 
> weeks ago that is. so, does hollywood now churn out distracting romantic 
> comedies as in the 40's, or grimly patriotic cold war paranoia films 
> such as 'the thing'? who knows. one thing that is weird is that i am 
> currently re-reading 'the lord of the rings'. it is so very obviously a 
> product of its time, that of 30s and 40s britain, and its attendant wars 
> and problems of empire. this year the film of the book will be released. 
> i wonder how much the film going public will project onto the story, ie:
> 
> orcs (islamic terrorists)
> sauron (osama bin laden)
> gandalf (cheney)
> aragorn (bush)
> west (west)
> mordor (afghanistan)
> 
> cheers
> 
> ben
> 
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