Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Changed My Mind re 'Airline'
Turns out that as long as you have the capacity to remain calm as you watch ordinary people act like jerks, idiots and generally humiliate themselves on TV, this show is for you. A laser light pointed at The Human Condition it is not. Rubber necking at the carnage of American lowbrow culture? Indeed.
It seems the real lesson of 'Airline' is less about such lofty (heh) topics as Modern Air Travel than about how similar flying Southwest is to an airborne Mardi Gras. It's not for everyone.
-- Here's a story on the show from a recent USA Today
Turns out that as long as you have the capacity to remain calm as you watch ordinary people act like jerks, idiots and generally humiliate themselves on TV, this show is for you. A laser light pointed at The Human Condition it is not. Rubber necking at the carnage of American lowbrow culture? Indeed.
It seems the real lesson of 'Airline' is less about such lofty (heh) topics as Modern Air Travel than about how similar flying Southwest is to an airborne Mardi Gras. It's not for everyone.
-- Here's a story on the show from a recent USA Today
