Naively acting out the hallway's claim to be more real than the classroom

Over on Freaky Trigger I posted a long entry in regard to the hallway-classroom split in the comments to Tom's commentary on Thesis 15 of the Cluetrain Manifesto. Here's what I wrote:

( long comment )

Reality TV: Explaining Strip Malls To Jane Austen

Idea: We teleport Jane Austen into the present and create a reality/quiz show in which contestants are required to explain and sometimes justify an aspect of the modern world ("teenagers," "chick flicks," "push polls," "computer icons," "genocide") to Jane Austen. Austen rates which explanations she finds most comprehensible and useful, but viewers phone in their own votes for which explanation they find best. Title of show will be Explaining Strip Malls To Jane Austen.