“People don't really want reality. They want surgically enhanced, scripted reality. The perversity of life today is so thrilling to me. It's like a circus out there. It's cartoon land.â€
--Designer Marc Jacobs, quoted in the NY Times.
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It's the world of advertising. While Marc Jacobs might have a bleak view of today's people, I actually think he may have a point. For the past few years, superficiality has dominated the scene. But ironically, it's people like him who hold such views and speak out that sort of breaks the whole scripted reality stuff.