Equally perplexing are the 'fans' who seem to hang on the words of the famous and almost famous. The opinions of a soccer great or any movie personality are no more relevant than that of the guy running the taco truck. Probably less relevant since the taco vendor has to live in the real world.
There was a term "bread and circuses" used to describe life in ancient Rome and how it could keep people from engaging in the larger political discourse. It seems now that our modern "circus' performers - movie stars, sports figures, pop singers - are all having an opposite effect. People ARE getting involved, and for the most part, against the side that has enlisted them to try and influence us peons.
As someone once said, I don’t want to hear the jugglers’ opinions about anything, I just want them to juggle.
Exactly.
All encapsulated in ingraham’s book, Shut Up and Sing.
Equally perplexing are the 'fans' who seem to hang on the words of the famous and almost famous. The opinions of a soccer great or any movie personality are no more relevant than that of the guy running the taco truck. Probably less relevant since the taco vendor has to live in the real world.
True
Right on. I think that move is nothing more than a little expression of happiness
Exactly. It's just a goofy dance.
There was a term "bread and circuses" used to describe life in ancient Rome and how it could keep people from engaging in the larger political discourse. It seems now that our modern "circus' performers - movie stars, sports figures, pop singers - are all having an opposite effect. People ARE getting involved, and for the most part, against the side that has enlisted them to try and influence us peons.