Ok well the definition for iconoclast is: 1) A breaker or destroyer of images esp. ones of religious reverance

2) A person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institution, etc., based on error or superstition.

 

Now with that being said there is this great show on the Sundance Channel called Iconoclast. Last night I saw the Iconoclast with Alicia Keys and Ruby Dee , which I highly suggest, and I thought about other ‘iconoclasts’ and how you become one. Basically I was really thinking about people who have tried to get other people to ‘Think Outside The Box’ I call these people ‘Think Outside The Boxers’ no pun intended. So these Think Outside The Boxers really do try and change peoples minds.

Since I have been thinking (Uh Oh!) about who was/is an iconoclast. Now I also thought about how Iconoclasts aren’t really like the definition. I think that Iconoclasts have became a phenomenon. For example Disney. 

Now my mom says that before Disney there was just public television. I am not talking about way back when it was just Mickey Mouse, but when the network came on. Now Disney makes shows like Hannah Montana and Cory In The House that before would have been out of the norm. But on the other hand you could argue that since now there is Nickelodeon and maybe some other television networks that have the same mold. Now Nickelodeon is much more cartoon oriented to me but at the same time it still makes ‘original movies’ and has the same executive producer for practically every show, Dan Schneider, who has made shows like All That which ran for twelve years, The Amanda Show, Drake And Josh, and Zoey 101, and last but certainly not least, iCarly. Now Nickelodeon did come first by a few years but Disney did a lot of remodeling now it is like the child’s channel. I mean that you’ll definitely think of Hannah Montana and High School Musical but you wouldn’t really think of SpongeBob SquarePants recently they thought of Zoey 101 because the star was pregnant…at 17. 

Now with that said how do YOU define an Iconoclast?

My heart goes everywhere

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