Comments on: Does Paris have too much attention? http://wanderingstan.com/2007-07-17/does_paris_have_too_much_attention wanderings and wonderings of stan james Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jason http://wanderingstan.com/2007-07-17/does_paris_have_too_much_attention/comment-page-1#comment-147 Jason Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-147 Excellent post man! I've been thinking about much the same thing because of the explosion of "on-demand niche oriented media". As our culture at large moves away from a one-to-many broadcast style to the new style of many-to-many, what forms will intertextual references and cultural common points take in the coming years? Shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy are anchored in these references and require at least a passing knowledge in order to 'get' much of the humor. In '69 everyone watched the moon landing. In '98 everyone watched the Seinfeld finale. In '09, I'll be watching the finale of "Bass Fishing for Left Handed Meditators" on my iPhone while you're downloading the latest podcast of "World Championship Wombat Waxing" as my mom TiVo's "Law and Order: Chicago's Northwest Suburban Elderly Investigation Unit". Paris Hilton will be the only common thing we have to talk about! Excellent post man! I’ve been thinking about much the same thing because of the explosion of “on-demand niche oriented media”. As our culture at large moves away from a one-to-many broadcast style to the new style of many-to-many, what forms will intertextual references and cultural common points take in the coming years? Shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy are anchored in these references and require at least a passing knowledge in order to ‘get’ much of the humor.

In ‘69 everyone watched the moon landing. In ‘98 everyone watched the Seinfeld finale.

In ‘09, I’ll be watching the finale of “Bass Fishing for Left Handed Meditators” on my iPhone while you’re downloading the latest podcast of “World Championship Wombat Waxing” as my mom TiVo’s “Law and Order: Chicago’s Northwest Suburban Elderly Investigation Unit”.

Paris Hilton will be the only common thing we have to talk about!

]]> By: Anonymous http://wanderingstan.com/2007-07-17/does_paris_have_too_much_attention/comment-page-1#comment-148 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-148 Hey, just a shameless plug here, but all this Paris Hilton popularity is great if you are in a Fantasy Celebrity league :) Fafarazzi.com (the site I co-founded) is the first in the industry to let people enjoy the ridiculous amount of press Paris gets! Hey, just a shameless plug here, but all this Paris Hilton popularity is great if you are in a Fantasy Celebrity league :)

Fafarazzi.com (the site I co-founded) is the first in the industry to let people enjoy the ridiculous amount of press Paris gets!

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