Vampires, TV Stars and Dog Chow
I was visiting the bloodsuckers over at LifeSource this morning. (That’s my euphemism for donating blood.) There isn’t much you can do during that time except watch TV - which I am notorious for getting “sucked” into. “Co-o-o-me here! Si-i-i-t down! Wa-a-a-tch me!” I swear - it takes me 10 sec to get involved in a program - and then I’m gone. Consequently, I have learned not to turn the darn thing on - so I’m pretty well removed from the cultural milieu of our society. I know it’s hard to believe, but wildly popular series have come and gone and I don’t know a thing about them. I hear people discussing them - but in terms of firsthand knowledge? - I have none.
I learned this morning while sitting with the vampires that there’s a morning talk show following Oprah called “The View” hosted by Rosie O’Donnell. I’ve seen snippets of Oprah - but I’ve never watched a whole show - and anyways I can’t help but know about Oprah because I drive by Harpo Studios almost on a daily basis. I know about Rosie mainly because of someone I know is best friends with her life partner - it’s a “one degree of separation” thing. And I bet Rosie doesn’t even realize that she’s only one degree of separation from knowing me!
Anyways, Rosie and this actress, who currently is performing on Broadway, were embroiled in the whole “our society doesn’t value art” discussion. The Broadway actress told this story whereby she took her (apparently one lone) TV set and dumped it in the parking lot of her bank. The point of taking it to the bank’s parking lot escaped me. Or exactly how dumping her TV only goes to prove that our society does not value art - I missed that one too. I guess I also missed “The Rest of the Story”. But now watch how this works: here these 2 people are discussing the evils of TV - and where was this discussion being held? Then let’s examine, for just a moment, where either one of them would be without the fame and fortune that TV has brought them. You have to ask yourself: how wise is it, anyway, to bite the hand that feeds you? Should the time ever come, I trust the bloodsuckers will be more generous than Rosie and her pal.
“All Things With Exuberance!”
mary!
