Filed under: video art
I was reading Bridget’s post about Andy Warhol and she makes a point about how he’s incredibly manipulative. While I can’t say that I disagree completely, I feel like he’s being made some kind of lightning rod of blame for the problems of others. The point of how these videos manipulate you into watching them keeps coming up and it seems to me that maybe we’re surrendering our wills too easily. Like the denizens of the factory, are our expectations of Andy Warhol too high? They made their own decision to leave their lives behind and try make it to stardom. I think the same is true for reality television. It’s entertaining to watch and it’s probably a tad amoral. If there really was such an outrage about this kind of programming, then it would have been gone years ago. People love it, though. Some are willing to admit to it, but majority of people will not. So if it offends you, then don’t pay attention. If you like it, then just enjoy it and don’t complain about it.
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