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December 29, 2010

"Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die "

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Fast-forward to now:
Boba Fett’s helmet emblazoned on sleeveless T-shirts worn by gym douches hefting dumbbells. The Glee kids performing the songs from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. And Toad the Wet Sprocket, a band that took its name from a Monty Python riff, joining the permanent soundtrack of a night out at Bennigan’s. Our below-the-topsoil passions have been rudely dug up and displayed in the noonday sun. The Lord of the Rings used to be ours and only ours simply because of the sheer goddamn thickness of the books. Twenty years later, the entire cast and crew would be trooping onstage at the Oscars to collect their statuettes, and replicas of the One Ring would be sold as bling. -- Wired

Posted by Vanderleun at December 29, 2010 10:41 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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I feel to weep.

Posted by: Jewel at December 29, 2010 12:46 PM

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