Jailhouse Chic

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Tue Jun 13 12:49:22 PDT 2000


On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Carl Remick wrote:


> Sure commodity fetishism is an old trick, but this nostalgie de la
> boue is a startlingly new variation. In earlier eras, the alienated
> masses wanted to mimic the look of the affluent, not those doing hard
> time.

Come now, Carl. There's nothing new about poor people idolizing bandit kings.

Michael

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