in the past week, i have heard way more people talking about “LOST” and “American Idol” than any other remotely relevant issues concerning health care, environment, political state of the union, or economics.
it freaks me right the fuck out. clearly someone read about bread and circuses.
it actually makes me pretty sick to my stomach, when i think about it for too long. the “cultural impact” section of that wikipedia article does too.
EDIT:
Steph McMillan has it pretty much down here:
if you don’t already know here work, scope it here.