Everyone should have a museum dedicated to the worst day of their life and be forced to attend it with a bunch of tourists from Denmark. Annotated divorce papers blown up and mounted, interactive exhibits detailing how your mom’s last round of chemo didn’t take, souvenir T-shirts emblazoned with your best friend’s last words before the car crash. And you should have to see for yourself how little your pain matters to a family of five who need to get some food before the kids melt down. Or maybe worse, watch it be co-opted by people who want, for whatever reason, to feel that connection so acutely.People who actually know tragedy feel no reason to make anyone else feel their pain. This museum is the same as going to the zoo: we want the thrill of seeing the dangerous animals up close without having to actually touch them.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Please Forget
I MENTIONED BEFORE my uneasiness with a 9/11 Museum, but this guy nails it:
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Yeah, creating a memorial is one thing but a museum...where people come to see 'em is in very poor taste. There are much better, healthier ways to raise money such as having major companies sponsor fundraising events, walks/races, dinners etc.
Regarding the article in NY Mag about a reporter being thrown out, a commenter says, It's really striking how successfully the 9/11 Memorial is able to recreate the mindless, pointless, mean spirited and stifling jackbootery that was a hallmark of post 9/11 America. I applaud them for going the extra mile.
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