So the Oscars are not about movies, they’re about TV. The Super Bowl’s not about football, it’s about TV. And it wasn’t about music when entertainers gathered a few nights ago for the Grammys. It was all a TV show.
The latest: we read in the Wall Street Journal, “The movie industry took what it hopes will be a big step toward making its star-studded Academy Awards ceremony a must-see event again, by including more audience favorites Tuesday in its expanded list of best-picture nominees.”*
And it’s not about issues when politicians run for election. It’s about who comes off best on TV. We even have a self-described “celebrity” as president in Barack Obama.
You think you control your life? Think again. It’s what used to be called propaganda, before the word got a bad rap. Now it’s Public Relations. Publicity. And far most of it is carried out on TV, where most Americans are parked most of their waking hours.
That’s what controls your life. If you let it. And it’s hard not to if you soak up TV hour after hour. And let it soak into you.
*via ‘Avatar,’ ‘Hurt Locker’ Lead Oscar Nominations – WSJ.com.
