TV Is (Still) God

TV Is (Still) God

Art and writing all by Claudia Berdella

In 2023, TV is still God. Not much but the screen-size has changed. Now our TV’s live in our pockets. Movies and shows are mass-marketed and overproduced. The last decade had Marvel movies and nostalgia reigning supreme. 

Writing this, I think of the essay ‘Don’t Be A Slave To (Others) Subliminals’ by Anton LaVey, from his book, Satan Speaks. As he states, it’s all external influences on our lives and perceptions. TV is designed to be addicting, and to draw you in (a great modern example of this, is The Mandalorian) to wanting more, as well as influencing how you communicate with others (remember when all you heard about for weeks was Baby Yoda). 

We can all laugh at the absurdity of supposed teen dramas that portray seemingly unrealistic events, yet the Cobra Kai show on Netflix gives a perfect spotlight of how seemingly unrealistic events can spread across a younger demographic’s brain-space. And you really see this again with the Dahmer series solidifying the popularity of True Crime and our carnal fascination with death and brutality that most people refuting admit to having… it’s the spoken but unacknowledged fetish. 

One foreseeable outcome of this frenzy, that I personally view as the inevitable outcome, is the entire (entertainment) industry being run into the ground. Marvel is killing itself, it’s the same story movie after movie, with the old predictable tropes. Netflix survives via nostalgia because of the popularity of Stranger Things, which, while a pretty good show, is still just repetitive- “oh I can’t wait to see that Eleven girl get a bloody nose while screaming save the world again!” And then with the new show containing Patrick Bateman for more feminine audiences to steal a new “scary” personality because listening to Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish, in reality, isn’t very special or quirky. 

The internet is the ultimate universal remote control. It was shown perfectly in Click, but that’s just a fake movie for entertainment… right? Wrong! With the internet, you can keep record and do any conceivable idea, all happening with that phone in your hand right now (or computer on your desk/lap). Whether it be home videos, family photos, work stuff, homework, pornography, shopping, planning the future, making the future, it’s all there. 
By reading this, I, Claudia Berdella have been the God of your world for a little bit. 

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