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Thursday, January 5, 2012

HubsJ put the boys to bed...

oohlala. HubsJ put the boys to bed, and I am left all alone with the whole house and its nightly settling.  Its been happening more and more lately and I find myself sitting down in front of the tv with a gnarly fist clamped down on the remote ... but I think it is going to be shortlived, this tv watching... its too upsetting.
last night I saw Glee which I love for its music and crazy unreality...then Zooey who I have a crush on but its quite sad really, as I am old and heterosexual, and married and not really that 'cool'... ...  and then I saw "toddlers and tiaras."...
let me just say I'm all concerned about these kids and their moms.  I'm also concerned about obesity in Southern Georgia, because it is a very clear problem.  I'm concerned for the dichotomy in our culture that allows for both shows to be so wildly popular in such varying degrees of involvement, in such different, seemingly unrelated populations..  (although, wildly popular may be a wild guess as I have no idea how ratings and such are for either/any show.) 

IF we are all one and interconnected, then I am stymied as to my connection to babies on stage and the moms who are so desparate for their girls to 'perform'... I DO know that there is a tremendous amount of money involved in these little pageants, maybe that is a big driving principle there... a dream for economic stability, cost be damned... maybe there is a dream for the girls to land on Glee, in fact... in a few more years, or some Disney show for teens and preteens... what is it? what is this?  money money money?

what is the connection? why does it feel so fine to watch handsome dolls and dudes singing in highschool hollywood but so wrong to see young ones doing it? how far apart are they really? the costumes aren't that different...
and what is my role in it, as watcher? 

and by not watching I change nothing? as it is a 'real thing' that happens, in the case of the pageants...
if I stop watching Glee, it could be cancelled I suppose, and they'd all get other jobs ...
so what? whats the connection? Everything means something, everything. 

EVERYTHING.

what about this one?

1 comments:

Mama Mama Quite Contrary said...

Peggy Ornstein's latest book has a whole section about Toddlers and Tiaras. It's fascinating. The prize money hardly drives it as it often costs far more to compete with all the spray tans, make-up, bedazzled gowns, etc. The moms really believe that they are giving their daughters a gift by putting them in these competitions.

Talk about mind-blowing!