Comments on: Death of the Time-Capsule http://blog.michaelgruen.com/2008/12/death-of-the-time-capsule/ Despite the precision, 'blog' is still a four-letter word. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:57:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ariane http://blog.michaelgruen.com/2008/12/death-of-the-time-capsule/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Ariane Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:42:10 +0000 http://blog.michaelgruen.com/?p=106#comment-113 This all started, m' thinks, with the cell phone, where you tell someone that you are now standing on a street corner. Then reality TV picked up the inanity of instant blunders and invasive rubbernecking. And yet I can't help but wonder if all this unedited scripting hasn't become it's own genre, edited to look like it hasn't been edited. I suspect our BS radar is still pretty good and most of the time we can tell the difference...still...there's a lot to be said for taking time and care... This all started, m’ thinks, with the cell phone, where you tell someone that you are now standing on a street corner.

Then reality TV picked up the inanity of instant blunders and invasive rubbernecking.

And yet I can’t help but wonder if all this unedited scripting hasn’t become it’s own genre, edited to look like it hasn’t been edited. I suspect our BS radar is still pretty good and most of the time we can tell the difference…still…there’s a lot to be said for taking time and care…

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