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Paste Editor, Josh Jackson’s editorial is worth reading again. The more I read by this guy the more I’d like to sit down with him over a cup of coffee. An excerpt:

Nothing is worse than watchig a movie (like say, 10,000 BC–damn you with your enticing CGI saber-toothed tiger) and then wishing I had those two hours of my life back…At Paste, we see it as our job to help you discover entertainment pertinent to your search—not to serve as a replacement for your own story. I believe we were put on this earth to help redeem it. The best music, film, and culture will do you no good if you’re buried under it. Become a wise consumer of culture. Or better yet, become a creator of it.

I finally subscribed to Paste Magazine, and from this issue’s editorial alone, I subscribed way too late. Chief editor, Josh Jackson pens a concise, thoughtful, and engaging editorial on the violence in the media (the whole issue is devoted to this topic). Jackson struggles with the glorification of violence in our media, from games to films, while also confessing his tolerance for it in other areas. Where do we draw the line? To jettison death and violence from our art and conversation all together would be naive (often mistake for purity). This Sunday I addressed the nature of good stories, stories that acknowledge conflict and attempt solution. Jackson says something similar:

At Paste we talk a lot about signs of life in the world of entertainment, bet we’re also drawn to signs of death. From the Bible to the work of Cormac McCarthy, the best stories are filled with conflict, and often that takes the form of violent antagonists and heroes who fight for justice.

The whole editorial is worth the read, the magazine for that matter, and they have a super cool online viewing feature here.