Abishai100
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This is a consumerism-parable inspired by Canadian Bacon, which didn't fit into the Writing section since it was politically oriented (it deals with patriotism-oriented subjects).
Signing off (Happy Halloween),
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Americans were in love with Reader's Digest, since the publication spoke to a pedestrian interest in shared dialogue about society/etiquette and general layman 'folklore.' Well, now that anti-American terrorism was on the rise, American 'institutions' and symbols were suddenly threatened. As Halloween approached, the festival of the harvest marked by carnival-like masquerade, spirits aligned to evaluate how consumerism was altering patriotism.
Two such spirits included Pumpkinhead (a 'diplomat' of pluralism) and Menace (an adversary of democracy). Pumpkinhead believed society 'trophies' such as Reader's Digest represented an American investment in continued pedestrian flowery as a defiance to terrorism. However, Menace believed the trauma of 9/11 would forever scar consumers' general 'idealism' towards 'unfettered society spiritualism.' The two decided to debate about the post-terrorism value of American consumerism in modern civilization.
PUMPKINHEAD: I'm a big fan of the tennis-film Wimbledon.
MENACE: The Gospels say an avenger of God brings wrath on the one who practices evil.
PUMPKINHEAD: Terrorism has scarred our psyche regarding civics, but there's still talk.
MENACE: Negotiation is undermined by the reality of conflicting views.
PUMPKINHEAD: Why do Americans love comic books?
MENACE: The unusual characters in comic books represent pluralism...
PUMPKINHEAD: So Wonder Woman, Superman, Captain America (etc.) are 'racial'?
MENACE: Well, they're not specifically 'ethnic' but they characterize 'civics-chatter.'
PUMPKINHEAD: True, they symbolize negotiation intrigue (e.g., anti-terrorism).
MENACE: Captain America, for example, is a 'paragon' of marketing idealism.
PUMPKINHEAD: There was an iconic Lendl-Sampras match capturing competitive spirit.
MENACE: I saw that match (in Philadelphia); it was competitive and elegant (and long!).
PUMPKINHEAD: We see in consumerism-flowery an interest in 'metaphysics intrigue.'
MENACE: True; Martha Stewart embodied a media-era interest in lifestyle smiles.
PUMPKINHEAD: Perhaps the Lendl-Sampras match reminds us of 'customs.'
MENACE: When games represent peaceful negotiation, we remember governance!
PUMPKINHEAD: That's what terrorism did to media...create 'dungeon-spice.'
After Pumpkinhead and Menace concluded their debate about consumerism and terrorism, they decided to visit a cornfield in the American Midwest and appreciate why farmers continued to embrace the romance of American marketing even in the age of industrial pollution. The two spectres discussed how characterizations of homeland pride represented continued social investments in lifestyle-oriented marketing (e.g., Consumer Reports). Would American capitalism survive the 'trauma' of post-9/11 cynicism?
Pumpkinhead and Menace decided to watch the modernism-paranoia sci-fi horror film Alien (starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, and Veronica Cartwright). The two spectres noted how the fictional terrifying predatory intelligent creature-species from the iconic sci-fi horror film (known as the 'Xenomorph') symbolized a modern civilization paranoia about the 'ugliness' of survivalism in a time when competitiveness made capitalism seem like a 'natural bias.' They concluded that competition-events such as the Philadelphia Lendl-Sampras tennis match captured modern human interests in 'gentlemanly candy.' Would consumerism be viewed through the 'imaginarium-lens' of the obedience-oriented Gospels?
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Signing off (Happy Halloween),
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Americans were in love with Reader's Digest, since the publication spoke to a pedestrian interest in shared dialogue about society/etiquette and general layman 'folklore.' Well, now that anti-American terrorism was on the rise, American 'institutions' and symbols were suddenly threatened. As Halloween approached, the festival of the harvest marked by carnival-like masquerade, spirits aligned to evaluate how consumerism was altering patriotism.
Two such spirits included Pumpkinhead (a 'diplomat' of pluralism) and Menace (an adversary of democracy). Pumpkinhead believed society 'trophies' such as Reader's Digest represented an American investment in continued pedestrian flowery as a defiance to terrorism. However, Menace believed the trauma of 9/11 would forever scar consumers' general 'idealism' towards 'unfettered society spiritualism.' The two decided to debate about the post-terrorism value of American consumerism in modern civilization.
PUMPKINHEAD: I'm a big fan of the tennis-film Wimbledon.
MENACE: The Gospels say an avenger of God brings wrath on the one who practices evil.
PUMPKINHEAD: Terrorism has scarred our psyche regarding civics, but there's still talk.
MENACE: Negotiation is undermined by the reality of conflicting views.
PUMPKINHEAD: Why do Americans love comic books?
MENACE: The unusual characters in comic books represent pluralism...
PUMPKINHEAD: So Wonder Woman, Superman, Captain America (etc.) are 'racial'?
MENACE: Well, they're not specifically 'ethnic' but they characterize 'civics-chatter.'
PUMPKINHEAD: True, they symbolize negotiation intrigue (e.g., anti-terrorism).
MENACE: Captain America, for example, is a 'paragon' of marketing idealism.
PUMPKINHEAD: There was an iconic Lendl-Sampras match capturing competitive spirit.
MENACE: I saw that match (in Philadelphia); it was competitive and elegant (and long!).
PUMPKINHEAD: We see in consumerism-flowery an interest in 'metaphysics intrigue.'
MENACE: True; Martha Stewart embodied a media-era interest in lifestyle smiles.
PUMPKINHEAD: Perhaps the Lendl-Sampras match reminds us of 'customs.'
MENACE: When games represent peaceful negotiation, we remember governance!
PUMPKINHEAD: That's what terrorism did to media...create 'dungeon-spice.'
After Pumpkinhead and Menace concluded their debate about consumerism and terrorism, they decided to visit a cornfield in the American Midwest and appreciate why farmers continued to embrace the romance of American marketing even in the age of industrial pollution. The two spectres discussed how characterizations of homeland pride represented continued social investments in lifestyle-oriented marketing (e.g., Consumer Reports). Would American capitalism survive the 'trauma' of post-9/11 cynicism?
Pumpkinhead and Menace decided to watch the modernism-paranoia sci-fi horror film Alien (starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, and Veronica Cartwright). The two spectres noted how the fictional terrifying predatory intelligent creature-species from the iconic sci-fi horror film (known as the 'Xenomorph') symbolized a modern civilization paranoia about the 'ugliness' of survivalism in a time when competitiveness made capitalism seem like a 'natural bias.' They concluded that competition-events such as the Philadelphia Lendl-Sampras tennis match captured modern human interests in 'gentlemanly candy.' Would consumerism be viewed through the 'imaginarium-lens' of the obedience-oriented Gospels?
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