Tonight’s Adult Swim programming featured a disclaimer for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force marketing campaign that led to chaos in Boston. A nice, if inadequate, gesture. Still …
It seems unconscionable that anyone, for whatever purpose, could consider such a prank funny in this era.
Consider this in context. Is 9/11 far enough in the past that it’s now acceptable — at least in the commercially-driven creative mind — to jest about it? Have five+ years of uncorraborated threat warnings desensitized us to the very real dangers we face? Is it possible that Bush is actually succeeding in his Reagan-esque attempts to make us believe we are somehow protected from a fundamentally unwardable danger?
Laughing about 9/11 at this point is akin to thanking the President for a job well done. His efforts — or “bungled attempts” as they may more properly be called — are not, and should not be, worthly of the confidence which inspires our laughter.
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I have to disagree with you. You are assuming that Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s publicity stunt was to be viewed as “fake bombs” or another terrorist-y type device. Have you seen the things? They’re basically lite brites! I think Boston overreacted and now the fallout is occuring. I have a feeling that more clarity will come out of this when the video artists that were arrested explain what the “point” of this stunt was.
Good point there. Wrote this post last night when the news was breaking and I took a page out of Rush’s book and just commented without actually getting full understanding of what was happening.
Still, it’s at least a little irresponsible. There’s not some way to build a glow in the dark poster that doesn’t involve a big ol’ battery pack and some wires stuck under a bridge? I’m sure it just shows a lack of common sense by a junior staffer at a PR firm eager to make a reputation. But still …
Anyway, thanks as always for your comment.