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Jon and Kate Monday Debut: Disgust and Fascination
Posted by Hal
According to the New York Times, the Monday night debut of Jon and Kate plus Eight was the most popular primetime show over Memorial Weekend. 10 million tuned in. Thousands commented on the show as it transpired, extending their peep entertainment through Twitter and Facebook conduits. There are now entire blogs devoted to the show – check out Gosselins Don’t Need Our Pity, which should be doing a pretty thriving business these days. I dropped by expecting debate on whether or not the couple are using their helpless kids to enhance their profiles and fortunes, but it’s more like US Weekly – which has featured the couple on the cover of the mag for the LAST FIVE ISSUES. I didn’t manage to catch the show but thanks to all the recaps and blogs, I’m pretty sure I didn’t miss anything. Peep Culture is now indisputably the most prevalent entertainment trend. And the moral implications are finally starting to make people a bit queasy: we are watching with disgusted fascination.
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9:06
One of the things I find most difficult in our peep culture, is the seeming inability not to know this information, even when we’re not interested. I don’t read celebrity magazines, I don’t watch Entertainment Tonight or similar shows, and I don’t converse with friends about celebrities. Yet I seem to know far more than I want about them. It is almost impossible to avoid hearing about the goings-on of Jon, Kate, Angie, Brad, Paris, et al, simply walking down the street, or sitting in a coffee shop. I don’t want to become a hermit, but I don’t want this information taking up much needed space in my brain either. But I don’t know how to avoid it.
12:22
i’m currently reading your book - peep diaries. in fact i’m hosting my book club this month and your book was my pick. i have to say that i love it. but i also have to say that i didn’t know about 99% of the stuff going on behind the screen of my computer until i started reading your words. part of me thanks you for opening my eyes. but part of me hates you for opening my eyes. either way, i think you’re a terrific writer.
4:01
How to suggest friends on facebook to others who aren’t new to facebook? I want to suggest someone to another person but that person has had facebook for a long time. Normally it is under the profile pic..but i think that is only for new members. What can I do?milton storage
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Hey, I’m Hal Niedzviecki. I’m a writer/thinker who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with my wife and daughter. Up till now I’ve always considered myself a private person. But at the same time I’m fascinated by people who effortlessly open themselves up to the whole world. So I’ve… more...
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