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it in a row boat, but whose real bridge is a television set with a
VCR. These are the folks who drive to Alpine for dinner, for shop-
ping at Wal Mart, and for a movie at the Alpine theater, a cinema
experience being had in El Paso, Big Spring, Dallas, and
Texarkana.
In some ways, I think you can say watching a film is closer to
being a folk experience than attending certain "folklorized" events
such as those phony folk festivals created and designed by cham-
bers of commerce to revitalize the local economy.
The universe I described at the beginning of this talk is one
that is not expanding, but it is one contracting; its bodies are
moving toward each other at increasing rates, and cinema is
just one of the catalysts for this rapid change.
Thus, by mixing metaphors, I offer this definition: Folklore is
a bright comet shooting across the sky.
WORKS CITED
Abernethy, Francis Edward. What's Going On? (In Modern Texas Folklore).
Austin: The Encino Press, 1976.
Bluestein, Gene. "Folk and Pop in American Culture," The Journal of Ameri-
can Culture. Vol. 13, No. 2, 1990, pp. 21-29.
Kissinger, Henry. "Nixon triumph of technique over truth." The Los Angeles
Times and reprinted in The Albuquerque Journal, January 21, 1996.
Smith, Gavin. "Two Thousand Light Years From Home," Film Comment.
January-February, 1996, pp. 59-63.
Stegner, Wallace. Where The Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs. New
York: Wings Books, 1992.26
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