Cults and Madness

Conservatives warn ignore Girls at their own peril.  What is going on in our society?  Since when did entertainment become this thing we must digest for fear of being irrelevant?  It's like there is this giant PR campaign out there insisting Girls is this big zeitgeist show -- but a zeitgeist show shouldn't need to beg and borrow fans.  Why do the fans of Girls find themselves constantly promoting the show and trying to sell its merits like someone hawking car insurance?  Let the people who like it, find it.  Don't insist upon its relevance.

This cult of entertainment reminds me of Facebook in many ways.  The tone of joining Facebook began with this idea that one had to join Facebook to be cool and relevant and keep in touch.  They keep hawking their brand by adding new BS features, trying to sell something (ads or private information), and then eventually doing this stock offering to let early investors cash out.  Facebook hawks itself because the service it provides is value-less and diminishing and more resembles a pyramid scheme or a cult than a business or a product.

I just watched a mediocre episode of Parks and Rec.  The show does not claim to be anything more than it is - a TV comedy about local government.  But I think an episode of P&R says more about living in America today than Girls -- it just lacks the gigantic media hullabaloo.