tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690237.post4411933541075971565..comments2023-10-18T04:35:11.186-05:00Comments on Theme Park Experience: No sex or violence/No morbid silenceEric Grubbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08237140729566147948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690237.post-80929602586485418002007-03-27T12:38:00.000-05:002007-03-27T12:38:00.000-05:00Interesting take, Eric. There is something weird ...Interesting take, Eric. There is something weird -- compellingly weird -- about the fact that celebrity dancing is now the hottest thing on TV. It's a curious throwback to the days of celebrity bowling and the Superstars (the latter of which I loved like I cannot describe during my adolescence).<BR/><BR/>I think my mom's reaction is pretty much the standard "everything that's going on is a sign of the world's decline and the imminent return of Christ" response to all popular culture. What puzzled me was how unthoughtful it was. And how apparently easy it is to fit anything -- ANYTHING -- into a premillenial dispensationalist framework. <BR/><BR/>But yes, you're right -- ballroom dancing is sexy, has been for decades. One remembers that in Jane Austen's day, the waltz was scandalous. Apparently one cannot go far enough back for some people -- only in Calvin's Geneva would some people feel comfortable with the culture.donnadbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09580583133757807126noreply@blogger.com