Should-Read: Kung Fu Monkey (2006): Farm Fetish: "For chr...

Should-Read: Kung Fu Monkey (2006): Farm Fetish: "For chrissake... only 2 million... people work on farms or ranches...

...This is only half-rant. The honest question is, what in the American character keeps us returning to this completely false self-image?... When one of these "What does America think about culture" pieces comes on, do I ever see a mid-30's software engineer onscreen bitching about having to download BitTorrents of "The IT Crowd"? Fuck and no. Four million people in the US play World of Warcraft. And yet, do I ever hear: ANDERSON: "We stopped by the gates of Ogrimmar in Durotar, on the east coast of Kalimdor, where one local told us Hollywood just can't relate to the level-grinding life." UNIDENTIFIED ORC: "They've never been back here, questing Razormane or Drygulch Ravine, y'know... or farming for Peacebloom and Silverleaf. They're out of touch." No. No I do not...