The Bong Show
If you're in the New York area, don't miss the Bong Show. THE BONG SHOW or This Is Not A Pipe is curated by Beverly Semmes December 9, 2006 – January 20, 2007. at 535 West 22 Street New York, NY 10011 T. 212 255 8450 info@tonkonow.com. The bong refers to the urn, one of the most ancient aesthetic and ritual forms known to humankind and its expressive potential is almost endless. As an avatar of higher yearnings, the bong teaches us that some times one has to reach higher to learn a few of this life's tough lessons. The new strains of doobage have improved over the years and taken the cannabis high to a WHOLE different level. This is all second hand smoke or hearsay of course!
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This is random. But through the harsh tedium of finals and the depression of a globally-warmed winter in Minnesota, I have been watching the namesake of this blog’s “home,” The OC. I must admit to liking this show.
Have you ever blogged about this show? I am wondering about your take. Despite moments of extreme melodrama, I am attracted to the notion of following outsiders through the contours of “lifestyles” defined by privilege, wealth and power. True, the outsider-in-LA figure is as old as Beverly Hillbillies, and 90210, neither of which I know much about. But I like the three figures—Sandy from the Bronx, Julie from Riverside, and Ryan from Chino—who keep repeating that people from poverty are the only ones in the OC who know the truth: that you are always only one step away from falling back down the social ladder, no matter how rich you are. The show considers how, given this knowledge, different people work out that idea in the context of individual lives.
So, I know it is easy to rip on the show. Do you see anything redeeming about it?
kyle,
i really like McG, the creator of the show. he just made a new movie called We Are Marshall. He came to UCI to talk about it because he is a UCI alum.
I have never been able to watch more than fifteen minutes of the OC, but I know people who are obsessed with it. McG says that it is in large part autobiographical. He moved out here from the Midwest while in high school and was the quintessential outsider.
I found him a very compelling character and We are Marshall is a very moving film.
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