Thought about this the other day...it seems like there are no real boundaries anymore. I mean, everywhere you turn there is another example of a 'crossover' or a 'hybrid'. Everything is everything:
- Cell phones are mp3 players are web browsing devices.
- Camouflage hats with Nascar logos for hunting AND going to the race
- SUVs are mini-vans are station wagons
- Cable company provides cable, internet, and voice
- Unitarian churches that integrate messages from all faiths
- Pink NFL apparel that support your team and breast cancer research
- McDonald's and their healthier menus
- Vitamin-fortified water
- Hybrid golf clubs marrying the distance of a fairway wood with the playability of an iron.
- Super- Targets and Walmarts...buy ammunition, paintings, and produce at the same place.
- Bon Jovi and other pop artists writing songs to get on Country charts
I dunno...maybe this has gone on for a long time and I've never noticed it. No doubt musical artists have constantly pushed boundaries and experimented with different genres. I just wonder what the consequences might be from all this 'crossover'. A lot of it is market-driven, but I wonder if we'll be able to tell the difference between a pickup truck and a 4 door sedan in 20 years? Who knows?
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Whoa, I just saw that you have a blog!
Nice post. You left the obvious one off the list. Men and women, the melding of the sexes! Perhaps its too racy for your blog though. This IMHO is the scariest! Not just the physical melding but the melding of traditional roles too.
I think I would agree about your examples being market driven.
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