On Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 09:10:15 (-0400) Louis Proyect writes: >http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/an-incomplete-digest-of-programs-that-will-be-on-tv-this-weekend-in-alphabetical-order > >An Incomplete Digest Of Programs That Will Be On TV This Weekend, In >Alphabetical Order >...
Dick Cavett: Have you, perchance, decided — as I have — not to spend the weekend re-wallowing in 9/11 with the media? Aside from allowing Saint Rudolph, former tenant of Gracie Mansion, to trumpet once again his self-inflated heroism on that nightmare day, the worst feature of this relentlessly repeated carnival of bitter sights and memories is that it glamorizes the terrorists. How they must enjoy tuning into our festival of their spectacular accomplishments, cheering when the second plane hits and high-fiving when the falling towers are given full-color international showcasing for the tenth time. Who wants this? Surveys show people want to forget it, or at least not have it thrust down their throats from all over the dial annually. It can’t have to do with that nauseating buzz-word “closure.” There is no closure to great tragedies. Ask the woman on a call-in show who said how she resents all this ballyhooing every year of the worst day of her life: “My mother died there that day. I’m forced to go through her funeral again every year.” Is all this stuff a ratings bonanza? Who in the media could be that heartless? ---"The Great Melvino, or Our Mr. Brooks", Dick Cavett, NY Times, September 9, 2011 Bill _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
