A little chilly down in Hell today , as I agreed with something Ms. Peggy Noonan had to say! This morning on This Week, she stated:
(paraphrasing)
" The reason we are so obsessed , mostly with Michael Jackson, and to some degree with Farrah Faucet and Ed McMahon is that their fame was from a different time. EVERYONE knew who they were .. young , old, black, white, they became famous in a time when our country was much much more culturally united. There wont be people as famous as them , probably ever again in our culture"
Three tv stations and pbs. Entire families watching the same tv show , at the same time. ( ya'll readers with kids try and explain that one to the little ones...) We are so very fragmented now.. little mini pockets of fame, burning bright , to be sure, but no way to reach everyone like before.
Just an interesting point, and like I said, so very odd to agree with Ms. " slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God" .
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