Index 
19691220 Morality (television as a drug)
| Final Paper for a TV class at IUPUI where the professor said the first day of class, "I am here to learn from you students" one of the hip faculty in the late 60's. That ended my broadcast journalism attempt, I took Geology 101 the same semester from Art Mirsky and never looked back on career thereafter. | |
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I realize that this “paper” is a bit unorthodox, but then again to me this course has been rather unorthodox. I will admit I did no research for this assignment, but I don’t believe that personal impression need to be researched. If I attempted to put such reactionism in essay form, they would require substantiation, delineation, and destruction of their unaltered value. So I have set forth, in rather harsh, cynical terms, my impression of television. The source of these impression is my own experience as it is interpreted by my mind. I state no thesis, nor do I try to reach a conclusion. I present only my impressions as they are. | |
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Television: the marvelous invention That paints thoughts the color Of mass stupidity; A monument to the achievements Of the noble race of humanity; An instant viewing box For all the suffering and pain That the human brain can produce; A toy for tape recorder minds That makes “live and in color” Pictures to decorate their thoughts. With ideas to be faithfully played back. Television: the marvelous invention That squeezes individuality Into a perfect cube of conformity. See Johnny, see how Johnny laughs. If you want to be “cool” You can be like Johnny And laugh at people Like Johnny does. And think like he does. See the good guy, he loves Negroes, You can be a good guy too, But only if you too love Negroes. |
Television: the marvelous invention That drains the mind Of creativity and self-development; A ready supply of time consumption For only the flick of a button; A mesmerizing villain That imprisons lazy minds In an artificial world. A witch’s mirror That deludes ignorance Into seeing beauty Where only ugliness exists. Television: the marvelous invention That steals the spirit of humanity And replaces it with a demand To be entertained producing A bored society, stagnated and fixated At the level of childhood dreams. A kaleidoscopic window of confusion That obliterates the memory Of a world where entertainment Was an earned premium To be enjoyed and appreciated. |