Why We Ain't Got No Rhythm

“All God’s chillin got rhythm.” It is easy quickly to survey the medium of television and assess why they ain’t got no rhythm. The premise that a group of people can somehow become cool without God quickly will sink into the sand like a giant giraffe being sucked into the pits of hell. The reason this country has no soul is because we have no God. Rhythm is the instrument of God. Rhythm provides the soul of the human race, and television’s decision to use only pop music is a major deterrent to the acquisition of a human soul. Traditionally in American history TV attempted to provide soul rather than to destroy it. This was implemented by utilizing live playing musicians. If a composer was employed he had to experience the drama first hand, synthesize it through his own feelings, and then further allow it to breathe by being interpreted by others. This rendered life to the possible sterile process of television. Without it television is nothing more than a cheap video game with plastic characters and porno dialog. It is life “in the box” we are now living. Who decided television characters are no longer able to act extemporaneously akin to improvisers in the field of jazz? Who decided spontaneous creativity was passé? Who decided strictly scripted mono-syllabic propagandistic rants were appropriate as diversion for the human race? Just listen to the majority of news anchors on television today. None of them have rhythm, because rhythm is what breathes life into stale political dialog. To have this rhythm you still must be able to have human emotional responses to the issues. This understanding translates into enlightenment, because it is synthesized by the human soul. The complex system that is the cognitive brain and the affective emotions understand and interpret the issue into human form this giving it relevance to the human viewer. Without this understanding by the news anchor the broadcast is nothing more than an idiot android conveying the news via remote control. Media has been talking this way for the last few years, and it best can be seen in Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. When there is truth to dialog it has rhythm, the rhythm of being listened to, interpreted, and commented upon. When this is not present the dialog like a majority of what’s on T.V. is nothing but an endless stream of unmeaningful syllables. The inflections in the lines of dialog are conspicuously missing. Like “pop” music sterilizes its expression, this interpretation of human speech renders the King’s English impotent to arouse its listeners. Instead a “global” pre-conceived thought-to-be-universal dynamic is applied destroying any possibility of really understanding the issue. To understand issues they must be synthesized by the human soul. They must move the emotions at a deeper level, and this is a process that far exceeds the “shock value” of most current pop media. Jolting the viewer into acknowledging a particular issues can not substitute for a broadcast of its in depth understanding. On a good episode Anderson Cooper has this understanding. It is unfortunate the need for 500 cable channels with immediate gratification has all but destroyed the human soul. It is taxing to be engaged in the issues at this level, and it is equally as detrimental to be emotionally involved with issues that are dishonest and being spun by the media. This force of evil does have the power to maim. In this perspective it is easy to see how media tunes out the complexity of reality opting for a shallow but less demanding platform of information.