Inevitably, with a hip and classy new president coming to town--one who'd rather check out a trendy restaurant or theater company then go out and clear some brush somewhere--the national media has turned its elitist, patronizing attention to DC and its cultural scene. Did you know that there are artists in Our Nation's Capital? And even restaurants?
Here's a good specimen of the genre: a piece on the dining scene in "the real DC," which seems to mean roughly the opposite of what Sarah Palin means by "the real America"--the real DC is apparently a place where rapid gentrification is welcome, everyone has money, and cuisine is judged primarily on its relative haute-ness. This will certainly be news to DC's many, many poor people.
And, you ask, what publication might have run this article implying that
- it's a pleasant surprise when anything remotely fashionable happens in a city of fewer than five million people
DC is a cultural wasteland waiting to be rescued by a celebrity president "real" people routinely spend $50 on dinner?
Ahhh, yes, I remember the fake D.C., what with its fake homicides, fake rat-infested alleys, and fake areas called "Northeast," "Southeast," and "Southwest".
ReplyDeleteYup--good thing THAT was made-up! (And NW east of the park is sort of quasi-real...)
ReplyDeleteMan, it sure does suck to have a fake hometown. At least I get to see the real Chicago when I patronize such places as Mundial and Russian Tea Time.
ReplyDeleteArtists in DC? That's crazy talk. They were probably visiting New Yorkers. Everyone knows that the U.S. has a miniscule amount of culture outside our countries hipster capital, NYC.
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