Showing posts with label tv. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tv. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
What two leftists were doing watching West Wing in their LA loft in 2000 I dunno...
But this scene always struck those narrative chords in me. Biological. Plus the dire straits song with the long walk was just the magic touch.
The amazing thing--if you skip the sappyness factor--is how powerful constructs are. Our literature, our myths, our political "theories", our "just so" storys on everything--from right and wrong, the "good fight", good vs. evil, and who we are; they are full of these types of structures. We want to beleive, need to beleive, meaning.
This scene and the song are locked in my head--I heard a clip of the song in a movie and thought of this scene so I had to pull it up.
Strange.
The amazing thing--if you skip the sappyness factor--is how powerful constructs are. Our literature, our myths, our political "theories", our "just so" storys on everything--from right and wrong, the "good fight", good vs. evil, and who we are; they are full of these types of structures. We want to beleive, need to beleive, meaning.
This scene and the song are locked in my head--I heard a clip of the song in a movie and thought of this scene so I had to pull it up.
Strange.
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