Ahhh, willful ignorance, thy name is bliss.
By all means, stick your head in the sand (in this case the sands of Dubai's beaches while Robin Leach tours the Emir's summer cottage). Avoid anything which might inconveniently intrude on the perfect reality that exists only in your tiny little bubble of a living room.
Everything is fine with the world. There is nothing which requires your attention. Go back to watching Shari Belafonte's walk-through of Jack Nicholson's Mulholland Drive estate.
I'm serious.
Because the last thing anyone wants is political commentary from The Dinette Set.
Now, everyone just back away slowly before one of them says something else.
Global marginalia change:
- Sophie's Choice? Is this supposed to be the choice between watching NOVA's Dimming Sun and Robin Leach? Between doing something and nothing? Between accepting climate change science or decrying it as a leftist plot?
- Lifstyles of the Rich and Famous went off the air in 1995. Now, I admit it may be on cable re-runs where they watch it. But it's not like there's a dearth of bad TV shows available for reference which were broadcast this century.
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No mention of the Olsen twins hosting the Dimming Sun? Of all the signs of impending disaster, that is the one I find impossible to ignore.
You'd think that living in a shithole like that they'd be more depressed by Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and praying for a catastrophe to wipe their little shack off the map so that they can collect the insurance money.
Someone must have rented the VHS tape of Sophie's Choice by mistake because, judging by the tray slot on the machine, that's a DVD player on top of the TV.
Wait a minute ... a DVD player? Who's house are they in? Famously cheap Burl would never buy a DVD player!
Perhaps it's a copy of the William Styron book. No. I don't think these people are readers either.
Okay, okay, I've got it. They mentioned to Psychiatrist John that they had purchased an odds-and-ends box at a yard sale for a nickel, and the box included a copy of the movie Sophie's Choice. Curious about how these unsophisticated midwesterners would respond to such a challenging, heart-rending film, he loaned them a DVD player to watch it on. Not knowing the difference, Burl and Joy failed to mention it was a VHS tape. The VHS tape and borrowed DVD player will continue to gather dush on top of their TV set for years to come.
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