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Title: Things you have learnt about Los Angeles from the media
Post by: retrouvailles on January 21, 2008, 09:37:46 PM
So, I'm taking this class on Los Angeles and we have been discussing the way it's viewed in society. For those of you that have not been here (or do not live here), what have you learnt about this city from the media (TV, movies, news, etc)? All of your answers are valuable to this class I'm taking. And consider this a spinoff of the other thread.
Title: Re: Things you have learnt about Los Angeles from the media
Post by: thalbergmad on January 21, 2008, 10:10:29 PM
It was built by Mafia money.

Thal
Title: Re: Things you have learnt about Los Angeles from the media
Post by: elspeth on January 21, 2008, 10:12:42 PM
It's impossible to walk anywhere. You are considered abnormal if you attempt to walk any distance over twenty feet, you must drive.
Title: Re: Things you have learnt about Los Angeles from the media
Post by: gerryjay on January 21, 2008, 10:49:48 PM
Quote from: thalbergmad on January 21, 2008, 10:10:29 PM
It was built by Mafia money.
and now is run by gangs of latino rap singers.
Title: Re: Things you have learnt about Los Angeles from the media
Post by: pianochick93 on January 22, 2008, 10:48:32 AM
Police in helicopters with 2 way radios are a common occurence.
Title: Re: Things you have learnt about Los Angeles from the media
Post by: mephisto on January 22, 2008, 03:09:52 PM
Only really cool people live there.
Title: Re: Things you have learnt about Los Angeles from the media
Post by: Petter on January 22, 2008, 06:03:11 PM
Everyone is happy, vastly underdressed and rollerscates along the beach while eating icecream.
Title: Re: Things you have learnt about Los Angeles from the media
Post by: general disarray on January 22, 2008, 06:06:51 PM
Quote from: retrouvailles on January 21, 2008, 09:37:46 PM
what have you learnt about this city from the media (TV, movies, news, etc)? All of your answers are valuable to this class I'm taking. And consider this a spinoff of the other thread.

Anti-intellectual.  A "company town," i.e., only one business:  movies.  Paralyzing freeways and monstrous traffic.  Heavenly weather.  Wonderful beach communities.  Bizarre, baroque gated communities in the hills for the super-rich.  Overwhelming emphasis on looking beautiful.  Global center for a casual dress culture.  Flip-flops are appropriate footwear for business (love that one myself!).  World capital of plastic surgery and obsession with the most superficial in Western culture.  Consumerism run amok.

And, most lately, a very strong move towards making the town grow up culturally -- especially opera and that fine symphony orchestra.  Getty's museum in Malibu -- great collection.  In short, a town that's growing beyond its movie industry to become a world-class city.

No one knows what LA is.  As Thomas Wolfe (I think) said about Brooklyn:  "Only the dead know Brooklyn."  (And, yes, I have no idea what that means, either.)

Personally, I love LA, but I'm a gorgeous airhead who loves classical piano.   ;D

BONUS FEATURETTE -- MY FAVORITE MOVIES ABOUT LA!!

"Sunset Boulevard"
"Chinatown"
"Short Cuts"
"Clueless"  

Title: Re: Things you have learnt about Los Angeles from the media
Post by: pita bread on January 22, 2008, 09:20:58 PM
Quote from: elspeth on January 21, 2008, 10:12:42 PM
It's impossible to walk anywhere. You are considered abnormal if you attempt to walk any distance over twenty feet, you must drive.

 :)