NYC's response to the Knicks' run is an explicit rejection of Trumpism. Civic engagement is at an all-time high. Fearmongering about public safety was crushed by the hundreds of spontaneous watch parties. Unimaginably diverse groups rallying behind a sense of collective identity.
in most of america you experience a title run through a television in a living room you drove to. in new york the game was projected on the sides of buildings and strangers hugged on the sidewalk at midnight. density is just the precondition for collective joy
I Love Boosters is perfect because it tells the universal truth that you must reject the performative man (even if he models) to fulfill your ultimate goal in life (class war obviously)
Michael Mann protagonists be like : Fuucccckk I'm so Sad because of my obsessive commitment to my Professional Craft...I have to go stare at a large body of water about this