~waves~ It's been years since I posted at all. I comment on some old friends' posts, but mostly lurk.
Been thinking about your last two posts and about writing. One big problem in US society is how ignorant so many people are about people who have less or who are thought to have less. Race and immigration status are also factors, but I think a lot is discrimination against people who are poor. It's messy and muddled.
During the Depression, there were writers and film makers who told stories (Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, for example), and in the 1800's Charles Dickens and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Les Miserables. Now, we have lots of reporting and blogging, but they mostly speak and disappear in the next Internet wave. We need somehow to get truthful stories that excite and teach and stick with people. Stuff that starts conversations, like Breaking Bad did.
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Date: 2015-01-08 01:00 am (UTC)Been thinking about your last two posts and about writing. One big problem in US society is how ignorant so many people are about people who have less or who are thought to have less. Race and immigration status are also factors, but I think a lot is discrimination against people who are poor. It's messy and muddled.
During the Depression, there were writers and film makers who told stories (Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, for example), and in the 1800's Charles Dickens and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Les Miserables. Now, we have lots of reporting and blogging, but they mostly speak and disappear in the next Internet wave. We need somehow to get truthful stories that excite and teach and stick with people. Stuff that starts conversations, like Breaking Bad did.
Anyway, your posts reminded me of that.