Let’s Call Balloon Boy Social Commentary and Be Done With It
We interrupt the Art on Track series for a mini-rant.
So they’re calling it a hoax. Fine.
I just wish the Heene family had done this whole thing as an artistic statement or social commentary. The message would be to expose, in real time, the unquestioning, salacious, and embarrassing state of news these days.
Additional points would include:
- the allure of fame
- the willingness to exploit kids for fame
- our inability to deal with emergencies and disasters
- more, more, more
- and everyone’s complicity in all of the above
If they made it a form of social protest, it could go down in history as being insightful, relevant, and awesome. (see Alcatraz take over, or Feejee Mermaid)
Suckers and idiots, indeed.