Assorted Nuts
We here at BentSense would like to apologize for allowing a week to pass before publishing a new article, but we’ve been in mourning. You see, common sense may have died a long time ago, but it was buried under a new mound of dirt this past week, in what can only be described as one of the most bizarre stretches in American media history.
Let’s review:
- OJ Simpson commits armed robbery, perhaps figuring that Johnnie Cochran would come back from the grave with another pithy rhyme to save his sorry hide. May I suggest “If he stole his junk, then OJ is not a skunk.”
- The media blasts us with coverage of OJ’s new troubles, perhaps hoping that if millions of viewers tuned in for his trial 12 years ago, there might be at least a few hundred-thousand who haven’t figured out how to change the channel yet.
- MTV risks what little reputation it has left by inviting a has-been pop star to sing live at their annual awards show. Britney Spears pays back their marketing genius by showing up hungover, showing off her now loose abs, and showing the three people who believed these performances are real that “live” now and forevermore means “lip-synced.”
- Some androgynous teen posts a ranting, tear-filled embarrassment of themselves on YouTube, where he/she decries the media for skewering Britney (whereas I will just decry the media for even covering the story, and I’ll do so without proving myself a misguided idol-worshiping twit) — over 8-million people watch said crying jag and the teen ends up with a TV development deal. I did not watch the video. I won’t be watching the TV show. I fear I will be the only one not tuned in.
I’m sure sometime during this past week, somewhere in the world, something important was going on. Unfortunately, my search engine was unable to find any signs of it.
TheWriteJerry @ September 21, 2007