Awesome comment on why recorded media programs suck compared to live theater ribbonfarm.com/2015/03/04/gar
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possibly more about the "amateur" than about the medium - moderately bad pro comedy still watchable
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You just want to sacralize everything that sheds a positive light on ritual/community :)
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(aside: "Dark Side of Ritual" might make a good post topic... child abuse, The Lottery type stoning...)
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ritual child abuse is an interesting myth in recent history - totally fake, but plenty of people believe it to this day
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Devadasi/Kumari tradition of India is definitely not fake, well documented stuff
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not saying no dark side to ritual, just that it is precisely what is emphasized in mass culture to the exclusion of anything else

