The Social Media Circus

IMG_1078We rented The Elephant Man (1980) a couple of weeks ago and subsequently learned that it was Mel Brooks who hired David Lynch to direct the film. (See also the Wikipedia entry.) Who better to influence the portrayal of the circus!
The film moved me and helped me to understand a little better what is dramatized in the Comments Section of so many posts in social media, something I’ve tried to deal with elsewhere.

Scripted Political Discourse

Scripted in what sense? In practically every conceivable way: Parallel, pre-polarized, non-interactive, counter-directional, anti-dialogical, communication.
This is the image that came to mind.

Here’s the image in sepia tone, as modified in iPhoto:
Scripted Political Discourse

I did the original in Paper 53 in color:
scriptedpoliticaldiscoursecolor

Sunday AM: Time For 2 of 500 Spices

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