Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Just WHERE IS reality anyhow? The force of culture

It seems that the current incarnation of Dr. Who has resigned the job and another replacement is needed. Writing in the New Statesmen, Laurie Penny observes:
Because Doctor Who has been a cultural touchstone in Britain for half a century, so the logic goes, we cannot have it fronted by a black man or a woman. It just wouldn’t feel right. Right now, arguing about who the next Doctor should be feels more real than arguing about parliamentary politics, because there’s at least the slim chance that what we think might influence the outcome.

2 comments:

  1. reality is out-there doing-it!

    not like us

    you re busting our chops with this question

    again and again!

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  2. To paraphrase Nancy Sinatra, these chops were made for bustin', and that's just what they'll do, one of these days these chops are gonna bust all over the freakin' world.

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