9.19.2007

We want an instant fix that ain't comin'

"However you parse Owen Wilson’s desperate act, it is clear that in an instant-fix, cure-all culture — one in which we habitually reduce fraught real-life dramas into smart-alecky quips on late-night talk shows — we want instant-fix, cure-all answers."

- Daphne Merkin, in an editorial from the NY Times on Owen Wilson and reports of his depression

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