Comments on: Disruption

By: Pribek

Pribek — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:56:09 +0000

Thanks Stephanie, I was thinking about what I wrote here and, there is one thing that’s bugging me. When I said I admire the showbiz quotient, I was thinking of acts like Alice Cooper or Sam Kinison, that use shock value as a tool. It’s a time honored practice. I am having a hard time remebering many performers using this device with such disregard for peoples feelings. The more I see this picture, the more it disturbs me.

By: Stephanie Vann

Stephanie Vann — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 12:30:12 +0000

According to the dictionary sitting on my computer desk, to disrupt is to interrupt, or to throw into turmoil or disorder. I guess in that respect their use of it as to challenge and overturn assumptions isn’t a bad one, although I would question whether the definition really includes new possibilities and visionary ideas. I suspect your suggestion that it is merely a polite cover for the term shock value isn’t far from the mark.