I cant speak for the U.K. but, in the U.S. the wedding seems to be a symptom of a larger problem
My theory on why the royal wedding is so popular in the U.S., is that a great deal of THE u.s. still beleive in royalty, divine right, feudalism, etc… or at the very least beleive that there are a few people meant to command and the rest to obey or just plain resent republicanism. The royal wedding isnt really an isolated case of Americans fawning over celebs( although it is worse just do to the fact that the celebs in question are foreign figureheads).
Every time some asshole in hollywood starts a trend the majority of the U.S follows. Every election season what do the candidates for office do? trot out some musician or actor who for the most part are just as ignorant as the rest of the population to vouch for them, and despite the celebs not being economists, political scientists, constitutional scholars etc… people still give a shit what they think.
And as soon as said politician(considering that he/she is elected to a publicly visisble office) is elected he/she seems to acquire the same royal status(just look at all the bullshit Nancy Pelosi does, yet keeps getting re-elected) from his/her voters and tends to be demonized by the rest of the population.
I care less about the Royal wedding than today’s weather report. In fact, I’m more interested in Lindsay Lohans latest crime spree than the Royal wedding. And I have no interest in Lindsay Lohan. I actually am at a loss for words as to how little Royal wedding means to me. And those who have read my posts through the years know that this is a rare occurrence.
The reason that it means something to the typical American is because the media has shoved it down their throats and created interest. The typical American will watch whatever is placed in front of them repeatedly, hyped and sold as important. It’s pretty much a marketing game.
I woke up this morning to begin my morning schlep to the gym, normally a lonely process.
I was greeted by my new bride, very new baby daughter, 3 of my 4 older daughters, and my mother and mother-in-law (both helping with the baby in turns), all in the den, all wearing tiaras, and all drinking hot tea (well, one had milk) from our wedding china.
They apparently got up at 3:30 to watch it.
All in good fun, I say.
The girl looks like a nice girl, and apparently rides a Triumph motorcycle to the pub with her new husband, which makes her cool in my book.
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
I woke up this morning to begin my morning schlep to the gym, normally a lonely process.
I was greeted by my new bride, very new baby daughter, 3 of my 4 older daughters, and my mother and mother-in-law (both helping with the baby in turns), all in the den, all wearing tiaras, and all drinking hot tea (well, one had milk) from our wedding china.
They apparently got up at 3:30 to watch it.
All in good fun, I say.
The girl looks like a nice girl, and apparently rides a Triumph motorcycle to the pub with her new husband, which makes her cool in my book.[/quote]
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
I woke up this morning to begin my morning schlep to the gym, normally a lonely process.
I was greeted by my new bride, very new baby daughter, 3 of my 4 older daughters, and my mother and mother-in-law (both helping with the baby in turns), all in the den, all wearing tiaras, and all drinking hot tea (well, one had milk) from our wedding china.
They apparently got up at 3:30 to watch it.
All in good fun, I say.
The girl looks like a nice girl, and apparently rides a Triumph motorcycle to the pub with her new husband, which makes her cool in my book.[/quote]
I sincerely hope that this was supposed to spelled “pride”.
Huge celebrations here in London, I would say only the VE day anniversary has come close to it in the last 20 years.
Quite refreshing that people have suspended their cynicism for a day and allowed themselves to have a great time. Nice to feel some national pride after the cluster-fuck of the Blair years.
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
I woke up this morning to begin my morning schlep to the gym, normally a lonely process.
I was greeted by my new bride, very new baby daughter, 3 of my 4 older daughters, and my mother and mother-in-law (both helping with the baby in turns), all in the den, all wearing tiaras, and all drinking hot tea (well, one had milk) from our wedding china.
They apparently got up at 3:30 to watch it.
All in good fun, I say.
The girl looks like a nice girl, and apparently rides a Triumph motorcycle to the pub with her new husband, which makes her cool in my book.[/quote]
Congrats on the baby[/quote]
Thank you. FIVE daughters, almost 20 years between first and last.
[quote]ZEB wrote:
I care less about the Royal wedding than today’s weather report. In fact, I’m more interested in Lindsay Lohans latest crime spree than the Royal wedding. And I have no interest in Lindsay Lohan. I actually am at a loss for words as to how little Royal wedding means to me. And those who have read my posts through the years know that this is a rare occurrence.
The reason that it means something to the typical American is because the media has shoved it down their throats and created interest. The typical American will watch whatever is placed in front of them repeatedly, hyped and sold as important. It’s pretty much a marketing game. [/quote]
Agree 100%.
Its all about this wedding over here to, cant understand why.