What kills me, though, is the ticker in the upper left-hand corner of the picture: the fact that the result of an ultimately meaningless NBA playoff game is scrolling right below one of the most significant announcements in American history!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Celebrating Death
This photo (of an impromptu gathering in NYC last night following the President's announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death) bespeaks an enormous release of the psychic pressure that has built up in Americans--and New Yorkers in particular--over the past decade. The image also forms an ironic counter to the scenes of celebration in the Muslim world on the day of the 9/11 attacks.
What kills me, though, is the ticker in the upper left-hand corner of the picture: the fact that the result of an ultimately meaningless NBA playoff game is scrolling right below one of the most significant announcements in American history!
What kills me, though, is the ticker in the upper left-hand corner of the picture: the fact that the result of an ultimately meaningless NBA playoff game is scrolling right below one of the most significant announcements in American history!
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