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In reply to the discussion: Obama's talk yesterday has me upset [View all]cilla4progress
(24,726 posts)cannot BELIEVE how dumbed-down and coarse the discourse is.
Husband wanted to see History Channel last night (channel-surfing). There was a terrible, rude, coarse show on about Native Americans that treated them terribly rudely and offensively! Discovery, no better.
I think American culture has become terribly coarse and rude over the past 20 or so years. In the guise of coolness, I guess. It trends too towards violence and pornography. Everything has to be graphic and in your face. Reality TV - so obviously contrived, but many Americans seem to think it is true. (Read a book!)
A rare film director who runs counter to this trend is Ang Lee (Chinese, but makes films shown in the West). Contrast this with Tarantino. People just have to go further and further to "shock and awe," grab attention, and we all just get stupider and more desensitized.
Now get off my lawn!