I Found a Reason
The New Republic takes a rather credulous look at Found. “[T]his record of daily life is undoubtedly more ‘real’ than most reality programming…People in all their foibles, fears, eccentricities, and boring normality are offered up, pinned almost like butterfly specimens to the page,” writes Elana Berkowitz. But even one of the letters quoted in the piece seems too good to be true: “I’m sorry but I don’t think that we should continue to have a relationship together, at least not as a couple. I love you but things have not been the same since we found out that we were related…”
Y’know, I’d guess that many of the things that Found attaches a sincerity to are actually intended to be jokes. Like the “related” note, which was (if real) probably written in jest and left on someone’s door.
posted by js on May 19th, 2004 at 4:35 pmOn the other hand, my girlfriend and I ended up with someone’s wedding and circumcision pictures from a flea market (free) and were thinking about sending them in. It seems a little sad to have someone else’s wedding pictures.
Why on earth do people take pictures at a circumcision?!?!?!
posted by Alex on May 19th, 2004 at 5:10 pmI dunno, but the kid has HUGE RED BALLS. Which was a bit of a surprise, thumbing through them.
posted by js on May 19th, 2004 at 5:25 pmSeriously, like the size of a grapefruit.
Sounds like cutting-edge photography.
posted by Laura on May 19th, 2004 at 8:14 pmbah-dum-dum-tss.
posted by js on May 19th, 2004 at 9:13 pmTry the veal.