Compared with elite culture that is emotionally distanced from common people and folk culture that is generally geographically isolated from the rest of the world, popular culture is much more dynamic. Popular culture is supposed to be a social and cultural phenomenon that common people have easy access at low cost and easy to understand. There are a lot of types of popular culture such as music, movie, dance, talk show, sports and etc. I am sure that popular culture to me is as essential as to any one else. Life definitely will be plain and tedious without popular culture. I can not imagine a world without movie, music, NBA, and NFL.
Accompanied with popular culture products, stars show up and become the most important part of popular culture. For people who like watching movies, it is not possible that they have never heard about names like Keira Knightly, Johnny Depp, or Kate Winslet who might be mostly watched movie stars. For people who like pop music, it is expected that they frequently watch Katy Perry or Justine Timberlake show on youtube. Modern technology helps popular culture to spread world wide. It has been a common strategy that latest movie is released in different countries at the same time by using advanced digital technology. What a wonderful world!
Since popular culture has been an important part in everyone’s life, it is also important when people communicate in any environment such. It is common knowledge that boss would more like to use an employee who can share same interest in some kind of popular culture such as football. In this country’s business culture, communication skill is essential for a person who wants to be successful in his or her career. Going further, strong communication skills plus some popular culture seasonings is definitely a trick for a successful career.
I am a TV watcher and I really like impressionists doing crazy or creative things on TV. In this country, impressionists are very popular on weekend shows, especially when there are some important social events like presidential campaign. In 2008, I think there were lots of people who were just like me and could not tell who Sarah Palin was and who Tina Fey was. It is fun to watch this kind of show and there is nothing serious to think. Life is supposed to be fun, isn’t it?
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