My first visit to a television studio was a shock. The room was shoddy, not at all the way people imagine.
If a group of people comment on a movie at a popcorn carpeted movie theater, they have many different opinions about the show. Some might even say, "Were we watching the same film?"
Watching the news on TV is exactly like watching a movie in a darkened theater. It is hypnotic, like a dream, and completely deceptive, leaving an impression.
When I watch movies, mostly 1945 and earlier, I notice the props defying gravity. Someone is packed for a trip, but the suitcases are light as a feather. Boxes are carried as if they are completely empty, because they are. The beautiful landscape is painted. The trip in the car is bumpy because a machine is creating the ride in a fake car in the studio.
People ask me to comment about the TV news. I respond, "I don't watch TV and the news is not news - it is an impression, coming from one of six media giants that control 100% of the news."
Everything has been predicted, but if it is not read from a script read by a good-looking anchor, it does not count as reality. I pay attention to the props, which are as genuine as whipped cream at Starbucks. If people shake off the dream - waiting for someone to do something, the global trafficking empire will collapse. We will soon forget the ugliness of Oprah, Disney, and what's-his-name. As the Spartans replied to Alexander - "If."
