So I finally gave in and rented Twilight the other day. I had never read the books so didn't have that many expectations but since it seems to be everywhere and it seems to be bigger (dare i say it) than Harry Potter! I admit I was curious to see what all the fuss was about! I have to say...I didn't hate it! But I still don't know if I would call myself a Twilight fan. I don't think I quite meet the criteria...I am not a little teeny bopper girl between the ages of 12-16 haha! But I did like the movie and I can start to see what all the fuss was about!
This got me thinking about our culture or pop culture and how something like Twilight or Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, Narnia etc. can just have this mass following. It is usually a book series usually involving fantasy elements and it just gets people hooked! All of a sudden there are tshirts, lunch boxes, happy meals, other memorabilia related to the thing and it is everywhere! Once you have something that people love then businesses, advertisers and movie studios just want to maximize on it and its like they hit the jackpot. I feel like you could be selling toilet paper and as long as it had Edward Cullen on the front it would sell way more than any other toilet paper. Okay I'm ranting but you know what I mean?
I'm sure we have all been hooked by something like this at one point in our lives. I can't wait to see what the next phenomenon will be that will have all the girls screaming!!!
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