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Posted by: Reigh Kaufman at August 30, 2008, 12:06 pm
Topic: Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment? Forum: JoBlo
Quote: Originally Posted by BubbaStrangelove Something to throw out there, Reigh - how do you feel about songs? I was recently looking at a list of all the Jeff Buckley tribute songs and thought of your topic. Not when it comes to covers, per se, but if I listen to 'So Real' on certain days, I cannot separate the experience of enjoying the song from the sadness of the person's death. This is also true of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith. I don't get all misty-eyed - same as I don't actually feel guilty about watching movies as entertainment (I call it "selective apathy" - the human technique of being able to desensitize themselves from watching real-life tragedy) - but it niggles at the back of the brain. It's interesting behaviour, which gets to the crux of my thread: why/how do we remain passive? As for 'Crash' (1996), rocknblues81, I have seen it several times, but prefer the book. I always imagined Liz Taylor would die in an automobile accident whilst a man with a fetish for crashing cars masturbates at the moment she is decapitated. It was more appropriate than vodka and vicodin. Why do you ask?

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Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?
Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?
Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?
Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?
Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?
Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?
Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?
Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?
Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?
Anyone feel guilty about watching real-life tragedies as a form of entertainment?

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