The thing about American pop-culture

As i wrote my year in review, i had to make mention of tv shows, movies and music... Why?
Because we are an entertainment driven society.
Yes, the entertainment world drives us.
This is why athletes and actors get paid so much money - because entertainment is the most important thing to us.
We skip school to be entertained. We wouldn't want to live if we're bored...

And the entertainment industry shapes people's beliefs & values...
The people most followed on twitter? Justin Beiber, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry...

Mark Driscol wrote this earlier this week too.

And being here in the states, see (and hear) how much the entertainment industry influences us... and we usually don't even notice.

Tv is telling us homosexuality is ok... normal... good.
Tv also tells us that premarital sex is a given - a given! Not an if, a certainty.
Tv tells us sleeping around is good. And it says divorce is accpetable... and often better than marriage.
We just watch it and accept it as normal.


GLEE
- they did a show about religion and prayer and a grilled Jesus(cheeses)... It didn't matter who they prayed too. They just prayed so they could feel good. They sang songs for themselves, not for God.

Outsourced
- this show shows American culture... and what does it say about American culture? It is consumed with sex.



Music?
Its worse. Sure, the songs are catchy, but should we be listening to it?
They can't even sing! Katy Pery? Lady Gaga? Basically, they all use auto-tune...

Teenage dream. Ugh. Giving away your virginity... or just having sex casually...

The stuff we watch, the stuff we listen to... it affects us, it affects our hearts, our values, our belief system. What goes into us, comes out.

My top tv shows and movies of 2010

Top tv shows of 2010
1. Chuck - the first 3 seasons
    love this show- reminds me of scrubs... fun, plot, on-going story, love interest, characters, mystery, etc
2. FNL (Friday Night Lights)
    i like it for the football, Soo likes for the soap opera
3. 30 Rock
4. reruns of friends
5. PTI
6. Seinfeld reruns
7. The Office
    didn't used to like it so much
8. Parenthood
    we're parents now...
9. Outsourced
   About American living in another culture... and it has Indians... even if it is awful...
10. How I met your mother (mostly reruns)
11. Raising Hope
12. Scrubs reruns (definitely not the new ones)
    still my all-time favorite show

Top movies (ones i saw for the first time in 2010)
1. The Blind Side
    i almost cried like 5 times..., true story, fun...
2. All the Harry Potter movies
    watched all of them, hard to distinguish- loved them!
3. Toy Story 3
    didn't care for the first 2... this one was great... expectations didn't let me down
4. Zombieland
    Jessie Eisenberg... i'd probably choose to watch this again, though the next was likely better overall
5. The Social Network
    Incredible casting.... great acting, great story... Sorkin & Fincher... may not be that true, but so what
6. 40 year old virgin
7. How to tame your dragon
    recommend to anyone and everyone
8. Horton hears a who
    great one to talk about faith
9. Kick Ass
    wouldn't recommend to everyone - but i quite enjoyed it
10. Inception
    It's Christopher Nolan... wasn't blown away like everyone else, but still liked it a lot
11. The Karate Kid
   More fun for me, since i've gone thru some of it...
12. Gone, baby Gone
13. Moon
   Weird & interesting
14. Date Night
15. Iron Man 2
   Didn't really think it would be that great, but quite entertaining.
16. Man on Wire
   have to give a documentary props (not to be confused with man on fire)
17. Up in the Air


i couldn't stop with 12... maybe i could have...
shows/movies i didn't like
1. LOST
2. Avatar

my top from 2009

movies i hope to see soon
1. HP 7
2. Narnia: Dawn Treader
3. 127 hours
4. The Fighter
5. The Tourist
6. True Grit
7. The Next 3 days

really wanted to see but didn't
1. The A-team
2. Knight & Day
3. dinner for schmucks
4. Salt