A month ago, the biggest news in the world was an earthquake in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere that killed hundreds of thousands of people. People understandably showed an outpouring of concern.
This week, people got riled up because of and news sites devoted front-page space to a fat guy who wears a bathrobe in public getting kicked off a discount airline's plane for being too fat.
It seems that news has evolved over the past 30 days or so into something more modern. More now. More devoted to easy criticism of large corporations that deserve real scrutiny for things that aren't kicking off fat guys who direct movies where people talk straightfacedly about whether it's okay to go ass to mouth. And, specifically, devoted to the day-to-day annoyances of Kevin Smith.
So what other stories can we expect in this new era of news? Here's some ideas:
- Independent film legend's fishing boat sinks, anti-lake sentiment grows
- Actor known for not talking gets some friction burns from water slide, Twitter explodes with demands for extra water, Smith-sized equipment
- Pizza Hut refuses bathrobe-wearing man service, turns out it was closed, people still pretty pissed
- Famed director gets flat tire, fans start letter-writing campaign against 2006 Nissan Sentra
- Smith tries to climb tree, branch breaks, wood boycott ramps up
- Critic calls New Jersey filmmaker's movie terrible, turns out it is
- Popular artiste unable to fly by waving arms around wildly, so totally unfair
- Local brothel accepts money for services, but auteur with incredible vision could do without the mean looks
Comments
Man, these are really funny when you guys focus on the actual events/stories, but when you diverge into the theories...gets weak.
Posted by: LEANDER | February 17, 2010 4:14 AM