The cheese wears me
Who Wants to be a Superhero (no spoilers until the cut) was the corniest thing since sliced cornbread. It was pretty clearly scripted and/or rigged, at least in part, and it could have easily won the "silliest thing on television" award. I loved it. I laughed, I cried, I kissed 3 bucks...no wait, that part's not right :).
Where has my inner skeptic gone? (Inner? Ha!) I hate being "taken," feeling like a fool, believing in something that isn't true - and I often solve that problem by believing nothing. Fiction is fine, but if someone claims that what I'm seeing is real, I spend my time analyzing it rather than just enjoying what's there for what it is. Maybe I've learned something, or maybe the subject matter made me come at this from a younger part of my brain; whatever the reason, at some point I decided to take this show at face value and not worry about how "real" it was. This utterly ridiculous program was full of stuff worth paying attention to, had many moments that were quite moving, and had some good things to say about the power of ordinary people. I'm glad that for once I didn't miss the point by being so smart and grown up that I can't see what's important.
When Feedback told the crowd, "Every dream you've ever had is possible," I cried like a baby :). I still don't know whether he's a slightly freakish fanboy who quit his day job to enter this contest, or if he's "just" an actor who was paid to play a cheesy role. It doesn't matter. His win was an example of how people can make things happen when they have a goal and set their minds and hearts to achieving it. Whether or not he was handed the line, he said something worth believing - and he made me believe it, even if only for a moment. That's good enough for me.
Where has my inner skeptic gone? (Inner? Ha!) I hate being "taken," feeling like a fool, believing in something that isn't true - and I often solve that problem by believing nothing. Fiction is fine, but if someone claims that what I'm seeing is real, I spend my time analyzing it rather than just enjoying what's there for what it is. Maybe I've learned something, or maybe the subject matter made me come at this from a younger part of my brain; whatever the reason, at some point I decided to take this show at face value and not worry about how "real" it was. This utterly ridiculous program was full of stuff worth paying attention to, had many moments that were quite moving, and had some good things to say about the power of ordinary people. I'm glad that for once I didn't miss the point by being so smart and grown up that I can't see what's important.
When Feedback told the crowd, "Every dream you've ever had is possible," I cried like a baby :). I still don't know whether he's a slightly freakish fanboy who quit his day job to enter this contest, or if he's "just" an actor who was paid to play a cheesy role. It doesn't matter. His win was an example of how people can make things happen when they have a goal and set their minds and hearts to achieving it. Whether or not he was handed the line, he said something worth believing - and he made me believe it, even if only for a moment. That's good enough for me.