Synchronicity

posted by [identity profile] superplin.livejournal.com at 11:09am on 23/03/2004
Ah, my as-yet-unfinished write-up of Smile Time has a whole section on research by Seligman and others about the negative effects of TMPR.

Did this season of "Angel" -- where the A.I. team suddenly had all the rewards of success in terms of money and prestige and power over the lives of underlings -- attempt to subvert our national preoccupation with TMPR (by showing that that way lies the road to hellishness of all sorts), or is it in some sense buying into it, giving the public what they want, the fun of seeing the heroes get the goodies?

I'm pretty convinced it's the former. "Self-esteem is for everybody" strikes me as pretty ominous, given the circumstances.

I really have to finish that essay. I think these questions are key to understanding this season's themes.
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Re: Synchronicity

posted by [identity profile] revdorothyl.livejournal.com at 12:40pm on 23/03/2004
"'Self-esteem is for everybody' strikes me as pretty ominous, given the circumstances. I really have to finish that essay. I think these questions are key to understanding this season's themes."

I can't wait to read your thoughts on this (just a little, APPRORPIATE positive reinforcement, there -- nothing wrong with that, we can all agree). I suspect all these themes and currents that I now intuit "in a mirror, dimly" will suddenly appear much more clear and coherent, once I've read your full essay on the subject. Looking forward to it, and to any tidbits and previews you care to share along the way, while it's still a work in progress.

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