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The Coverage
Of course, all of this would just be the makings of yet another broken-up house party if it weren't for the breathless coverage of local media, which blew this thing up with a cautionary fervor that went well beyond the hilarious. Try on this opening from the LAT article:
"Mindy Newman was enjoying a peaceful night at home Saturday in Holmby Hills, reading a biography of the late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs. Then at 10:30 p.m., the kids began arriving... on her street..."
In case you were wondering whether that Steve Jobs reference would come back into play, breathe easy!
"These two [officers] were in the middle and all these kids' iPhones were like torches and they were waving them" and taunting the police. I was thinking, 'I don't think Steve Jobs would like his iPhone to be used in that way.'"
Okay, Mindy... Anyway, the ostensible point of these media reports is that this house party was part of a new trend of crazy parties inspired by Todd Phillips' Project X. Think about that for a second. The media is trying to tell you that house parties, and movies about house parties, are a brand new phenomenon. Are you guys for real, or are you just trying to make Kid N' Play cry? [News report via KTLA, Project X via]
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