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Without America’s Favorite Distractions Available, Perhaps We’ll Reflect on How We Got Here.
No sports on TV, canceled concerts, movie releases, and festivals might prompt us to come to terms with reality.
As the American people come to terms with the seemingly endless ways that their lives and the lives of their loved ones are being impacted by the global COVID-19 epidemic, undoubtedly a significant number of us began to come to terms with the significance of what’s going on when a number of sports organizations made announcements that they would be suspending the remainder of their seasons. The NBA made the decision after one of their players tested positive, and the NHL and NAACP followed suit soon after. Earlier on the world famous music festival Coachella announced they would be postponing the event, and since then Disney has announced the indefinite postponement of the release of Mulan, The New Mutants, and Antlers. Their Disneyworld and Disneyland Paris theme parks have been closed as well, joining a long list of closings, cancellations, and postponements of events all over the world.
While the concern for local economies is certainly valid, the cancellations of festivals and sporting events might seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things considering everything that’s…
