Comments on: Clichés inevitable in likening cities http://dailytrojan.com/2009/11/04/cliches-inevitable-in-likening-cities/ University of Southern California Thu, 24 May 2012 14:42:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Hupp http://dailytrojan.com/2009/11/04/cliches-inevitable-in-likening-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-1338 John Hupp Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:51:20 +0000 http://dailytrojan.com/?p=4671#comment-1338 <p>The title of this piece is quite telling—any attempt to compare and contrast Los Angeles and New York is ultimately futile. LA is a fragmented collection of many different perceptions, and NYC has four boroughs that are not Manhattan. Summarily comparing the Sunset Strip to Broadway or Times Square is so silly as to be comical.</p> <p>You're right about one thing: New York and LA are both dirty and run down. If you want a city where they actually scrape the gum off the sidewalks, go to Chicago.</p> The title of this piece is quite telling—any attempt to compare and contrast Los Angeles and New York is ultimately futile. LA is a fragmented collection of many different perceptions, and NYC has four boroughs that are not Manhattan. Summarily comparing the Sunset Strip to Broadway or Times Square is so silly as to be comical.

You’re right about one thing: New York and LA are both dirty and run down. If you want a city where they actually scrape the gum off the sidewalks, go to Chicago.

]]> By: Got2bme http://dailytrojan.com/2009/11/04/cliches-inevitable-in-likening-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Got2bme Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:10:07 +0000 http://dailytrojan.com/?p=4671#comment-1223 <p>I'm not sure Rock Of Ages' Tony Award Nominations meant an admission that maybe LA culture isn’t so bad, as you suggest. It is the setting for the show, but this show is about the music and the performance, not a statement about Los Angeles one way or the other. The nominations were about the artistic achievement of the show and its brilliant performers. Fake, plastic and overrated Los Angeles needs to get over itself.</p> I’m not sure Rock Of Ages’ Tony Award Nominations meant an admission that maybe LA culture isn’t so bad, as you suggest. It is the setting for the show, but this show is about the music and the performance, not a statement about Los Angeles one way or the other. The nominations were about the artistic achievement of the show and its brilliant performers. Fake, plastic and overrated Los Angeles needs to get over itself.

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