As one of the selections on the Big Show says, "Reality does not inspire."
Really? I'll alert the media. Wait, 3 Chords & the Truth IS the media -- I consider myself alerted.
There are several approaches to dealing with this reality. One is falling into stupid nostalgia, where everything was better and everyone got along way back there then. I grew up in the South "way back there then," so I am immune to this approach.
The reality of the time was not so inspiring. Were some things better than now? Sure. And a lot of things were a flat-out horror show.
Another approach is to fall into a bottle. First, I no longer fit. Second, liquor ain't cheap. Third, I am cheap.
I'd just want to see fine, upstandin' Christian white people afraid to drink water and crapping themselves in public because they wouldn't want anybody to think they were one a them queers. Still, I would be careful about complimenting aspiring young actresses by saying they had the makings of a true thespian.
The struggle was real. Even today, that kind of compliment might get you labeled a "groomer" by the Republican booboisie.
But I've come off the tracks with my musings here.
The point here is that while reality may not inspire -- at least most of it, anyway -- the Big Show always does . . . musically, at least. Check it out.
If you disagree, you can go around telling people I'm a Homo sapien.
It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. Aloha.
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