Levels of Entitlement

[yeloson]

I came home to see the roommate watching some documentary about some surfers who go down to Peru. As I'm cooking dinner, I overhear the narration:

"...They explored the depths of this ancient culture... They took them in, and revealed their magnificent heritage to them... 'We got to see places people don't go to', etc."

Seriously, you can explore the depths of a culture, or be totally taken in and assimilated in a 2 week trip? And of course, who guided you to all these places "people don't go"?

Oh, that's right. Not everyone counts as people.

Comments

[kynn.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure the people of Peru were simply prepping the area for human surfer occupation.

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

From the brief bit I saw while making dinner, that's basically how it came across- this entire area, the ruins, the religious shrines, the people struggling to survive, the waves, all existed for these surfers to have fun with and that's the totality of their existence.

In service to these folks- the camera stayed on them - them surfing, them driving, them climbing through ruins.

[skywardprodigal.livejournal.com]

lol