Just how many pictures of the Colonel does it take to sell a chicken burger? The neon of this pedestrian street near Peoples Square is actually quite an attraction, and on one evening I saw several locals rocking up to capture the spectacle on their shiny new cameras. Whether it was this KFC/Pasta city/others ensemble, or the more popular giant coke bottle down the road (complete with white neon fizz that oozed forth as you watched- well, was lit white periodically to represent the phallic spurt of an unleashed bottle) the shining gallery of all that is derided as corporate in the west was actually a big attraction to those of the east. I was even seduced by the spectacle, swept up by the emotion of a crowd of happy faces in awe of the bright and radiant light show that seemed more harmless and gay, less a corporate and oppressive call to consume.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Just how many pictures of the Colonel does it take to sell a chicken burger? The neon of this pedestrian street near Peoples Square is actually quite an attraction, and on one evening I saw several locals rocking up to capture the spectacle on their shiny new cameras. Whether it was this KFC/Pasta city/others ensemble, or the more popular giant coke bottle down the road (complete with white neon fizz that oozed forth as you watched- well, was lit white periodically to represent the phallic spurt of an unleashed bottle) the shining gallery of all that is derided as corporate in the west was actually a big attraction to those of the east. I was even seduced by the spectacle, swept up by the emotion of a crowd of happy faces in awe of the bright and radiant light show that seemed more harmless and gay, less a corporate and oppressive call to consume.
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