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Book Review: Inventory: fueling the obsession of pop culture junkies.
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Pop culture junkies collect tidbits of pop culture information the way an obsessive collector collects every model of Pez dispenser. We acquire the information to store it away in categories in our brain, and only when that category is filled can we relax...and then move onto the next obsession. True Star Wars fans cannot rest until they've seen the Star Wars Christmas special. Trekkies do not become true Trekkies until they've seen every epsiode of every series and can name all the types of aliens encountered. These days, you can't call yourlself a true fan of a band until you've hears some horrible-quality cassette tape bootleg of their early work, with the original drummer before they were famous.
The A.V. Club stays in business because of these obsessions and has celebrated it the release of Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists. Inventory is not so much a book as it is an eclectic book of lists, written by the writers of the A.V. Club as well as notable comedians and pop culture pundits (which, nowadays, is a bona fide career field) such as John Hodgman, Andrew W.K., and Amy Sedaris. The lists include the all-important lists such as "6 Keanu Reeves Movies Not Ruined by Keanu Revves"; "10 films about alcoholics who sober up and save the Day"; 12 films that defined their decade; and my personal favorite: "15 ridiculous lies perpetuated by John Hughes movies" which includes:
Freaky goth girls would be happier if they just put on a little makeup and acted normal
This is a book that ever so-called pop culture junkie should have if they want credibility. [Amazon link]
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