tremblings.

October 12, 2008 @ 11:33 pm

6/29/2006

“I’ve lived in Hollywood for 4-5 years. It has it’s ups and downs like anyplace else. If you go someplace new with little expectation - you tend to appreciate beauty more easily there. Ironically, I went to Hollywood with little expectation and have now come to Ithaca with more expectation. I would guess you expected more than I did from Hollywood, and perhaps less than I do from Ithaca. Either way, I’d like to hear more about your Hollywood experience and how it compares (in a liberal / progressive sense) to life in Ithaca. ”

Most of the progressive/liberal culture here is a farce. It’s just people who want to be seen as “progressive/liberal” but they don’t actually do anything about it. They just have cool haircuts that cover their eyes and cool vintage clothing. Stick it to the man!!!

It’s pretty much the same anywhere I guess, though. It’s just that Hollywood really puts it all under a microscope, and is merely an exaggerated display of what is occurring throughout the entire nation. And the rift between the haves and the havenots here is ASTOUNDING. People are either living in squalor and feel too powerless to be of any “progessive use”, or they are too rich and famous, and don’t give too much of a shit.

Sure, there’s people in the middle, but the middle is distintegrating at an alarmingly fast pace.

Come to Hollywood if you are the sort who likes to let people know that you are “progressive and liberal” — I recommend living in Silver Lake for that. People here love to “talk the talk”, that’s for sure. But don’t expect your “progressive” attitude to be of any use unless you are also willing to go downtown and see the hordes of homeless crackheads with no hope in the world, and realize that the fact that you call yourself “progressive” doesn’t mean shit to these people.

I don’t mean to blame Hollywood for everything wrong in the world….but….well, yes I do, actually.

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