The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.
“I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.”
“Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.”