E-mail is the new “snail mail.” And using cell phones to make actual phone calls is so 2005.
Receiving their AOL Instant Messenger screen names well-before their drivers’ licenses, members of this generation have been raised accustomed to easily communicating with each other. E-mail used to be the gold standard, but even that became too slow to keep up with the fast-paced fast food-consuming lifestyles of the modern teenager. Then with the ubiquity of cell phones over the past decade, seemingly everybody could be reached at any moment of the day. But the hassle and formality of making phone calls have turned students off to their RAZRs.
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One of the earliest maternal wardrobe memories I have as a child is an old, faded, magenta shirt my mom had that read, “Behind every successful man is an exhausted woman.” Outdated, presumptuous and slightly chauvinistic? Sure, but ain’t it the truth? A cotton lesson learned early on that individual recognition is actually a team effort, something that millions of TV-obsessed Americans have finally begun to realize this past month. In fact, I think a more current version of the T-shirt would actually sell quite well these days: “Behind every pretty celebrity face is a team of pissed-off writers on the picket line.” And with that, disaster ensues: major studios are pulling the plug, so to speak, on the majority of their most popular shows. Wait, late-night hosts aren’t always that funny on their own? The cast of Grey’s Anatomy doesn’t actually jabber away all day long in witty banter in their own little microcosm in Seattle Grace Hospital? Who knew? Let’s face it: Who doesn’t love romanticizing TV? Even I must admit I like to think the Lost crew is out there right now eagerly awaiting rescue. But weekly indulgences aside, finally putting the limelight on the creative minds behind the magic is the best thing to happen to TV in a long time.
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