Think about it. American culture has replaced ritual with
spectacle. Cast-of-thousands events, drunken celebrations, lots of bling, lots
of money. These have become of characteristics of weddings, transitions to
adulthood, births and deaths.
Spectacle is of the moment. Ritual is of the lasting.
Spectacle is transitory. Ritual connects. Spectacle is entertaining. Ritual
touches humanity. Spectacle is contrived. Ritual evokes meaning.
What then does this confusion of spectacle and ritual mean?
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