Posted on 07/18/2013 11:58:56 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
In the original Miami Vice television series, Detective Zito is murdered in Season Three. After learning of his death, co-cops Crockett, Tubbs and Switek visit his house, where they discover Zito's collection of snow globes. They look at them in bewilderment, and the clear message delivered by their faces—in as ham-fisted a way as only '80s American television can do it—is "Wow, I guess we didn't really know this guy at all." Cue violins. An as hackneyed as that moment was, it was the first time your adolescent correspondent understood the usage of physical objects as a narrative device in storytelling.
Years later in ID school, professors who apparently knew each other as well as Zito and Switek delivered conflicting messages on this front. One professor would tell you that "Objects exist to tell stories—they tell us about ourselves!" while others said objects were mere intermediaries that we should design to be unobtrusive; the whole "People don't want a toaster, they just want toast" mentality.
It's easy to see the ... that a child from that family would do well in school.
Any guesses as to what that object is? A computer? A television? An iPad?
What if we told you it's a piece of furniture?
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A bible and a rubix cube.
parents. one of each gender.
A Leather Belt and a King James Holy Bible?!
Offshore bank accounts?
A belt? Amateur.
Oh, and I forgot to add “LOL!”
I have twelve bookcases in my home.
Teeth? Shoes?
two sliderules?
I think all my kids should be PhDs.
Bookcases are important,
but a well used kitchen table, though immeasurable, is probably more important.
Are you telling me there are people out there who don’t have bookcases in their home?
Something kept in a lockbox?
Politicians ?
Wooden spoon and a leather belt? Oh never mind. That’s what my Dad used. Effective.
Two books??
Yes. It was an entirely USELESS stupid unbelievable death. Totally unbelievable and wasteful of a great character.
I never forgave the writers. And now, all these later, I still carry the scars.
Those were plenty good enough for my folks. Maybe that's what's the matter with me?
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