THE VN/VO by Christopher J. Falvey | ARTICLESUnconventional commentary on politics, society, media, economics, and everything that matters.Designed for TV: America's New Cultural Welfare State- July 8, 2006 After having my humble home re-designed for television, I realized the deeper meaning of a new trend in television: where the theme of voyeurism has been replaced by that of personal re-birth. As society's concept of success itself has become democratized, "achievement" has become deserved, and opulence can seemingly be found with little risk. Or can it The unseen downside of this cultural movement may be quite perilous.http://www.vnvo.com/stories/designed_for_tv_americas_new_cultural_welfare_state_p1.asp |