Saturday, September 29, 2007

Headline News


Flower is dead. Forget the thousands of children...human children, not meerkat pups...who die each day of bullets, bacteria or beatings. No, you are not a real American unless you shed a tear for this tiny dynamo. What about Burma? What the heck's a Burma? Flower is dead and that's all we can handle. Oh and Notre Dame is 0-4.

Flower is the matriach of a gang of meerkats that is the focus of Animal Planet's "documentary cum soap opera" Meerkat Manor. Filmed in t he Kalahari Desert (most viewers have no clue where that is), the show's narrated by Sean Astin for the okey-dokey middle American audience and Bill Nighy (Squid-faced "Davey Jones" in Pirates of the Caribbean) for the Canucks and Brits used to less boring or hyped fare. See my next post on the sad difference between chef Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares-BBC and Kitchen Nightmares-ABC, by the way.

Was Flower murdered by a dark-skinned hip hop addled vervet monkey? Did she die of breast cancer? No. A cobra bit Flower. I don't think the cobra was al Qaeda, but I'm sure it was at least a Muslim. ;-) Seriously, this shit happens in the wild. No politics. No personality. No bullshit. You stomp a bug. You kill a few million microbes. See, even you can be God. Now, do the bugs hire pr flacks and engage network hypemasters? I guess they would if they are--what's the new nomenclature?--a "brand" or "franchise" in the eyes of the suits in charge.

The producers endeavored to cover up Flower's death, as well as her son Shakespeare's (bitten up by a rival clan) to keep the cutesy nature of this show and string naive viewers along and keep ratings (and sponsor money) high. But check this crap out: "Flower's courage and strength in life was mirrored in her passing," said senior executive producer Mick Kaczorowski. "Viewer and fans have become attached to Flower because she exemplified the qualities of a true hero and a veritable leader."

WTF? This animal didn't exemply anything. The film editors and our own stupidity did that. Is it any wonder that George Bush is President, Fred Thompson might BE President and Bill Clinton might BE back in the White House when we have a population obsessed with horseshit like this? There are counter-examples of real news stories, from the environment to crime, and true human heroism and tragedy. These stories are legion. There is no liberal bias in the media or Hollywood. Wake the hell up, assclowns. The the wingnuts and Jesus Freaks have the right fight, but the wrong enemy. There is a least common denominator-ignorance bias. This nonsense is a wonderful example.

Aren't finished vomiting? " 'Flower was larger than life,' said Marjorie Kaplan, general manager of Animal Planet and Discovery Kids Media. "'She stood tall against her foes, readily and regularly faced conflict and was a pillar of strength for her family.
'The circle of life is very much a reality in the animal kingdom. We at Animal Planet are devastated by the loss of Flower and recognize that her death will have a deep impact on our viewers. Life in the Kalahari will never be the same.'"

There's even a movie in the works. No lie. Hate on me if you wish. Call me crass or obsessive about nothing. But think folks--I suppose we'd even make a hero or reality show star out of a hemorrhoid if someone smells a buck. When will we wake up from this manipulation. Jesus Lord in Heaven. Read a book or something, and please teach your kids not to get sucked in by this. Do it before we are drowned in a sea of stupid people. I hear the President of that wacky Islamic Republic of Iran and The View's Liz Hasselback both love Meerkat Manor. Nuff said.

45 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you per usual for telling it like it is.

Hathor said...

I am also amazed at the people the media calls hero. It bothers me when they call victims heroes, when none has done a heroic act.

Anonymous said...

Meerkat with gravy and biscuits. Mighty tasty!!!

Pebbles Flintstone said...

Chambers,
I thought this show was cute, but you are right. It is crazy that the media tries to humanize these animals,when that is just what happens. Meerkats get killed by cobras. However, the media is taking this way too far. I echo Lance's sentiments and thank you for taking the time to tell it like it is.

T. S. Snowden said...

THANK YOU! I thought it was just me who didnt get this mess!

Anonymous said...

I am hating. You are reading too much into this, and yes, it would figure people like you would attack a dumb animal show and conservatives in a blog posting.

Anonymous said...

I saw the show once and thought is was dumb .. Who the hell is the audience for this crap ...

nyc/caribbean ragazza said...

I have nothing to say.

Unknown said...

Actually, I enjoy these animal show, but I do think in this case things were taken a little too far. However, you do make a good point about some of our folks here in America.
Now I do not think you are hating on conservatives as noted by an anonymous participant noted. Aren't you a conservative who is just telling the truth?

The Christian Progressive Liberal said...

OMG, this is my first visit to your blog, Christopher, though it definately won't be my last.

I've watched that Animal Planet show on the meerkats for a minute. I had to, cause the likes of O'Reilly, Hannity and their ilk makes me want to shoot my TV.

However, all of this indicates America's looking for heroes, but are getting ZEROS for their trouble.

Liz Dwyer said...

LOL! Thank you for showing how stupid this show is.

And Notre Dame is now 0-5. The apocalypse is clearly nigh.

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