Lazy Muncie
I always found interesting the so-called "Town and Gown" disconnect between colleges and their host communities. Too often "the campus" is its own semi-autonomous island, cut off from the 'townies'. Muncie is no different. Being a native, I can speak to this. The 15 minute drive across town from where I grew up on the outskirts of the South-East side of town to the campus was at times like stepping into another universe. The isolation can be especially true for the rigors of graduate school, and perhaps more so exaggerated in a highly immersive experience like CICS. So, I challenge CICS candidates to break out and explore their host community in Muncie. I provide a chance...
Muncie is once again in the news! A few months ago, Saturday Night Live's Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg released "Lazy Sunday", a digital short about spending a lazy weekend day eating cupcakes and watching The Chronicles of Narnia. Not the first time they released a short (in fact, online movie making is what got Samberg onto SNL), but this one caught fire.
A short time later, the "west coast response" initiated a faux-feud reminiscent of the East-West Rap Feud of the 1990s. Rapping about the joys of painting pottery and drinking lattes, "Lazy Monday" added to the humor and post-modern intrigue of online video storytelling of "Lazy Sunday".
And now we have "the middle coast response" (their words, not mine)... "Lazy Muncie", the latest post-modern entry into this carnival atmosphere, debuted only a few weeks ago and is now another popular and well-regarded video. And, in spite of a few vulgarities, the video really does well to capture the sprit of the Midwest in a humorous, tongue-in-cheek manner. References to Muncie icons such as TK Constructors, Prairie-Creek Reservoir, Garfield-creator Jim Davis and McGalliard Road abound. Perhaps you should take a look...