Appealing Narrative

These days, for a narrative to be appealing it needs to effect the audience directly or be entertainment related. Michael Jackson's death got coverage for 3 weeks, but the genocide in the Sudan barely gets any attention. People in the U.S. have low interest for 3rd world countries and their problems. But they love actors and actresses, and these stories get extreme amounts of coverage on important news stations. I remember when Britney Spears shaved her head, CNN interrupted their regular programming to discuss this drastic change of hairstyle. It's pretty sad that we hear about some drugged up trash, but do not even really know the death toll in Darfur. An event has to be somewhat close to home for anybody to care. The tsunami was a big deal, because a lot of westerners were over in Thailand when it hit. I'm not going to read about things that don't effect in one way or another. An appealing narrative needs to have narratability, and in order for this, it has to be about things the audience cares about.