From music to medicine, the carefully executed entertainment/media “program” that creates American culture has had its way with us. This miserable truth is enshrined as a chorus in the aptly titled song “American Idiot.” It hit the nail-head so directly, The Great White Way, or Broadway, ran it under blazing lights. “Don’t wanna be an American idiot – One nation controlled by the media – Information age of hysteria – It’s calling out to idiot America.”
Reverend Moore (Footloose, 1984 of course) tried to warn me about modern music back in the 1980s, but my ears could not hear through the carefully planned portrayal of the truth, offered by a minister hell-bent on banning American culture. Some music is dangerous, Moore warned, confusing mind and body, but there is music that is uplifting, he instructed. I think the example used for uplifting music was the classical composer Haydn. As it turns out, he told us the truth, but the clever delivery on film led us youngsters the way it always does – away from higher-mindedness and decency.
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