Okay, so I only caught the last few minutes of it, but this show "Million Dollar Money Drop" or whatever looks like about the stupidest thing I've seen on TV in awhile - probably only coz I rarely see TV, but still. The ridiculous simpering and posing and "thinking aloud" dialogue between the couple, the overly-dramatic anguish as they try to ascertain if there are more single women today than 100 years ago, the ridiculously long, "dramatic" pause as they wait to see if their answer is right while they hold hands and tell each other they love each other even if they lose the $60K or however much it was. Just stupid beyond belief.
But before you decide I'm too cynical, I will say that my sense of humor can still override my cynicism! Case in point: A Depends commercial where they profile this successful older female music conductor. There's all this, "People may not know that Sally is blah blah this successful this and blah blah this successful that," while they show her being a superwoman.
Then she talks to the camera and says "What people DON'T need to know about is my condition." You know, the condition that requires her to wear diapers. So let me get this straight: this woman just told a camera that will broadcast her "secret" to millions of people that they don't need to know what she just told them? I mean, all you can do is laugh at something like that. Hahahahahahaha.
A few more ads: Cynicism: an ad from the Methodist Church? Seriously? A church running TV ads? I felt dirty for them just watching it! Non-cynicism: the Advil ads which are a series of quick shots of people holding the Advil box and smiling. Maybe it's the sheer number of people smiling in a row, but it always makes me smile. I like it!
And at least they have more dignity than the contestants on The Price is Right. I mean, seriously, to act SO crazy-ass bat-shit stupid at the possibility of winning a jet ski? I must REALLY be out of touch with the "average" American. Boo-hoo.
I heard this great line the other day from this guy talking about the stupid Republican Congressman grandstanding by reading the U.S. Constitution aloud - that is, except for the parts that refer to Blacks as 3/5ths of a person. What's the point? We only want to highlight the shiny, awesome aspects of our history? Grow up!
It's as stupid as the "new" edition of Huckleberry Finn that conveniently replaces all the "N words" with the word slave. Like that will make sense in context. Anyway, this reporter was like, "Don't hide your ugly bits. America! It's okay to be seen without your makeup - people will still want to fuck you coz you're rich!" Amen!
What REALLY keeps my cynicism intact, however, is the ongoing cynicism of the rabid right. They've spent years now TOTALLY hyperbolizing the political debate - making up the stupidest and most outrageous lies, stoking the left into fits of rage, and then when that psycho guns down one of Sarah Palin's targets, they try to act like "both sides" need to tone down the rage.
Ridiculous beyond belief. Yes, there has been rage among the left: but for REAL things (e.g., being led to war under false pretenses, abandoning our principles and morality to torture people, continuing to pander to the rich while the economy collapses, etc.). But, sorry to have to explain this to you ignorant yahoos: those things are NOT comparable to the MADE UP shit that the right rages about: Obama wasn't born in this country! Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are Socialists! Woodrow Wilson set in motion a plot to destroy this country nearly a hundred years ago and it's just now coming to fruition!
And my god, the socialist nightmare of trying to "promote the general welfare" as dictated in our Constitution by passing an industry-friendly mild tinkering of our health care system?? HORRORS! How DARE they strip me of my right to be rejected by an insurance company for a pre-existing condition (e.g., pregnancy). This is what TOTALITARIANISM looks like! Poor Kyle, I am SO sorry you are going to have to live under a system in which you are less likely to be refused access to health care. My GAWD, why did the Socialists do this to us? (Thanks Tom Tomorrow!)
To end on a happy note, I did get a break from cynical political despair by being able to spend time with the sweetest little girl in the world - my 3-year-old niece, Auburn, who came to visit with her mom/my sis and a couple of their friends. It was nice to see San Francisco again through a visitor's eyes, and also to listen to a sweet little girl prattle on about truly important things like Cinderella and Katy Perry's "California Gurls." Rock on, sweetie - you make the world a ltitle brighter by your presence!
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