Am watching Dancing with the Stars and couldn't help but wonder to myself when standing ovations became common place? I've been noticing this trend happening again and again at various award shows and more recently DWTS.
It used to be that standing ovations were reserved for special people and special occasions. As I watch DWTS people are standing for every gosh darn routine. Even Buzz Aldrin, God bless his old ass, is not deserving of a standing O.
As I give it further thought there are a lot of things that used to be reserved for special occasions that are now common place...
- Limo rides: Once reserved for the rich and famous, important business people going to the airport and sometimes prom, but now are as inexpensive as a taxi ride so anyone and everyone uses them (including yours truly) for airport rides, pub crawls, birthday celebrations, prom, homecoming, etc.
- Manicures: Used to be a thing rich ladies did and something you did for weddings, proms, etc. Today nail salons are on nearly every corner and the prices of mani/pedi's are you cheap, that even men are getting in on the action. Now they're weekly occurrences for women and some broads even bring their little girls who are already being groomed to expect mani/pedi's as part of their regular grooming.
Is anything reserved for special occasions anymore? Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think there's a certain dignity in preserving certain things for 'special occasions' and standing O's should only apply to the people who deserve them most and yes, this includes our 'ordinary' heroes.
I'm just sayin'...
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