Bad Girl, Good Business

Route 66 Installment #13: Reality TV and the Realities of Entertainment Today

Reading Time: 3 minutes This seems especially timely because the shocking “Chris Rock face-slap moment” at the Oscars is today’s virtual water cooler topic. TV is now jam-packed with violent moments — real and staged. In fact, we aren’t even sure we know the difference anymore between reality and acting. During that dramatic Oscars moment, I switched to a […]

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Pole Vault: Why We Love the Olympics (Fun #1)

Reading Time: 2 minutes We like to watch other people jump, throw, run and sweat. Starting August 5th, many of our TV-watching hours (2 hours and 49 minutes, on average) will be spent viewing the Summer Olympics. How many other activities have been popular since 776 B.C.? Why do we love the Olympics? It brings out our “we are the world” spirit […]

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