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Eurovision is that cultural thing that I hear about but I just don't get. It probably is as simple as I think it is, but it gets attention that makes me think
by duxup 1y ago
Eurovision is that cultural thing that I hear about but I just don't get. It probably is as simple as I think it is, but it gets attention that makes me think it is more important and I must be missing something.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoIt's like the Olympics or World Cup but for cheesy pop music.
- duxup 1y agoThe Olympics kinda fits my perception, very important at the moment and folks really get into it... but everyone moves on a week later.
- piltdownman 1y agoIt's a hyper-kitsch activity that transcends age and cultural boundaries. In Ireland in particular it's a huge event in the LGBTQ+ calendar - bizarrely enough in large part to Dana International, a pioneer of Israel's LGBTQ+ community who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998.
- port11 1y agoIt's not as huge as the coverage of it makes it seem, I think. But many Europeans grew up with it. It was something you'd watch with the whole family, and you have some great laughs at how ridiculous it all is. But I have to say that, nearing 40, I no longer care about it. Without the family around to watch it, it's just another bit of TV I ignore. None of the people I know, LGBTQ+ or otherwise, care either. Still, the media coverage seems to do a lot of heavy lifting to make it seem popular.
- croon 1y agoIt is exactly as simple as you think it is, but also not, as all cultural influences on politics through history has shown. Everything from the 1936 Berlin Olympics to CIA funding Jackson Pollock (and Kooning, Rothko, etc) to Metallica playing in Moscow in 1991. Though competing with the deluge of internet media, Eurovision probably has a lot less impact.