The legal saga of Steven Slater-the Jet Blue flight attendant who briefly raised the spirits of a weary nation when he departed his airplane via emergency slide-has come to an end, with Slater pleading to "a felony count of attempted criminal mischief and a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief." There will be no jail time. It is hard to believe that this only happened two months ago, and yet, in another way, it seems like it happened forever ago, because holy hell has the world gone crazy lately.
Is the Steven Slater story taking a turn for the worse? Passengers on the flight where America's hero made his dramatic exit have talked to the local Fox affiliate and they paint a very different picture of the man who has captured our nation's heart this week. One passenger goes so far as to claim that Slater actually ROLLED HIS EYES at her when she asked for a paper towel. In light of these allegations, do we somehow need to reevaluate our decision to make Slater the symbol of the frustrated American worker who has had enough and decided to take matters into his own hands? It says here [...]
The folks at Taiwan's Apple Action News-who clearly know what floats the Internets' boats-have brought their CGI expertise to the Steven Slater story, expanding on their earlier version to include the latest details of the JetBlue flight attendant's epic departure. There's some suggestive boyfriend action in this one! Anyway, I was thinking about this last night: As much as I love this story-because how could you not, it has everything-is the huge amount of attention we're paying to it, in some strange act of the collective unconscious, summoning up the next terror attack? I mean, is this going to be 2010's Summer of the Shark Attack? [...]
