Propergandanoun 1. any device deliberately used to influence the thoughts and actions of someone in alignment with the views of a particular doctrine or cause. 2. "Nothin' Proper about ya Propaganda" lyric taken from the song Bullet in the Head by Rage Against The Machine
Fuck the Average Viewer [Rawls/The Wire] t-shirt
Mark Kermode once asked David Simon (creator of The Wire) what he thought about critics who said the tv show alienated the average viewer by not explaining everything in dumbed down detail; Simon replied succinctly: "Fuck the Average Viewer". A great response: visceral, punk rock & summing up the whole argument over the dumbing down of our culture. Let's face it, what did pandering to the average viewer ever achieve?