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During the summer of 2015, I went to Las Vegas for my cousin Diana's wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony and reception, and although it was the first wedding that I've ever been to, it was everything I had imagined for a typical, traditional wedding. Diana and her family have lived in Vegas all their life- not to brag for them or anything, but the family of five kids live in a ginormous house with everything from a swimming pool to a tennis court. With this as my only background knowledge of Vegas, reading "Marrying Absurd" was quite a surprise for me.
It messes with my mind to think that the famous "Las Vegas Lifestyle" targets a very, VERY different audience than the people who actually LIVE in Las Vegas.
When driving around Vegas, there were tons of fancy cars and people wearing expensive clothing- so why is it that this city is so well known for weddings that only require "five dollars for the license" and for the bride and groom to be 18 and 21 years old respectively or have "parental permission"? It's become so well known that it is even shown on tv shows. I don't know if any of you are Grey's Anatomy fans, but while reading "Marrying Absurd", I couldn't help but think about George and Callie's beyond impulsive wedding in Las Vegas.
How have these weddings grown to be such a big selling point of Vegas? The appeal to people's impulse has turned these five-minute weddings into almost like a tourist spot because it has been so commercialized.

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  1. molly capelliMarch 17, 2019 at 2:14 PM

    Sophia, what a great analysis (I LOVE GREYS THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CONNECTION) and also I like your deeper level thinking on the piece! Nice job!

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  2. Emily Estrada-ManzanaresMarch 17, 2019 at 2:30 PM

    Wow, great incorporation of an anecdote of your life to the piece we read in class! I also like the question you asked at the end, it really makes one think.

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