I receive the New York Times daily post that they offer for free. It is always interesting in its perspective. Today, it gives us a sampling of what people consider "The most American thing".
Here are the selections:
Horror movies. Workout clothes. The Grand Theft Auto video game series and The Beast roller coaster in Mason, Ohio.
Amazon Prime, offers Kevin Roose, who covers technology: “It is based on a fundamentally American premise — that people want things fast, cheap and all the time.” (I feel so seen!)
James Poniewozik, our television critic, picked “Survivor.”
“A bunch of people come from somewhere else, and they are stuck with each other and they have to set up a society and figure out how to get along or not get along,” he says. People compete, but they also collaborate.
Then there’s Kim Severson, the food writer, who says the story of America can be told through … the M&M. It was created by a pair of nepo babies. It flew on the space shuttle. It has its own store in Manhattan, plus spokescandies.
The most American artwork, according to our critic Jason Farago, is actually French: the Statue of Liberty. He went inside it for the first time only a few weeks ago, and marveled at the thinness and malleability of the copper.
“There’s this sort of extraordinary symbol that’s also an empty shell — it’s something that’s very, very strong, but it’s also vacant,” Jason explains. “You could spend a lot of time with your therapist talking about how these contradictions might embody a certain American ideal.”
The Echinaceas are opening - here's a watercolour interpretation.
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