Sunday, March 16, 2008

Callous Celebrity Shots

risk being damaged by the cult of celebrity
worst excesses of celebrity may lend to lurid
        headlines
sustained and cumulative casual sadism way these
        committed

encouraged visceral killing with little alienation or
        distancing
no more violent than episode of 24 or Quentin
        Tarantino film
believed academic success unnecessary make fame
        reality TV show

committed to making great interactive entertainment
balconies laden with potted plants facades festooned
        with flowers
housed in a glass cabinet, dreamt up by spiritual
        heirs

-- Clark Allison

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