Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Old gods, new gods
One of my expectations of "American Gods" — actually, the chief reason I chose it — was that the author would elaborate on his perception of the what the "new" gods were in American culture. I picked up technology and media, and television — how about Lucille and her tits? Was the balance between old gods and new gods sufficiently explored, though? I thought we had a lot of history and character development for one but not the other.
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Interesting point. You're right, he didn't elaborate much on the new gods. (According to Wikipedia, Gaiman is going to write a sequel focusing more on them.)
What other aspects of modern American culture could be considered "new gods"? Cars? Guns? Fast food?
That's a good question. Maybe social media? Fast food, agreed. Celebrity tripe?
You are researching this better than I am, Erin.
Celebrities, for sure.
I'm thinking casinos. If you've ever been in one, there's some serious worship going on.
I could see all of those, plus Internet Porn.
I agree, c, that the new gods could have used more development.
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