The America Show
Whoever Controls the Cameras Controls the Culture
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The
America
Show
Whoever controls the cameras
controls the culture.
Satirist Richard Gloff turns his unique vision toward the media in America. The result: eight funny, outrageous, troubling and thoroughly unexpected short stories. His basic premise: that our films, TV commercials and TV shows control us - not the other way around; that they can make us do anything; that, here in the early 21st Century, they have become America’s prayers, led by a kind of priesthood: the people who control the cameras.
“The cameras can help you understand how wrong you were. Such is the power of this priesthood. Such is the power of these flickering lights. So relax. This won’t hurt a bit. And besides, you have no choice.”
Richard Gloff is at it again. Pull up a chair.
Richard Gloff is the author of The Millennial Fables - Seven short stories that can only cause trouble.
He lives on the side of a smallish mountain in Northern California with an unattractive orange cat who prefers to remain anonymous.
About the Author
Richard Gloff began drawing national attention last year with his first collection of satirical short stories entitled The Millennial Fables – Seven short stories that can only cause trouble. His work has been called dark, surreal and very funny.
Critics have said of his work…”You really have to like the unusual.”
Of his work, Gloff says: “Satire is the art of strategic exaggeration. But writing satire in America presents a persistent problem: it’s hard to write fast enough. You're just about to finish a story that you believe may be a bit over-the-top when reality goes screeching past you, leaving you with a story as affective as a burnt out light bulb. It wasn't easy, but I think these eight stories in The America Show managed to stay in front – especially the one about cannibalism.”
He lives on the side of a smallish mountain in Northern California.
After a 25-year career in advertising he now writes satires these - even though he still cannot use commas properly.
He shares a house with an unattractive orange cat who prefers to remain anonymous.