TOW #13 - Why I've never seen a 'Star Wars' movie

This week, while a majority of the population got overexcited for the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, there were a handful of people sitting unenthusiastically, because they had never seen Star Wars before. Similar to the text "What Really Keeps Women out of Tech," which emphasized the stereotypical computer programmer as a white male with space posters in their rooms, "Why I've never seen a 'Star Wars' movie" from Business Insider by Tanza Loudenback showed how people who were never exposed to sci-fi as children aren't usually interested in the topics that are seemingly landmark and significant. This is a light text that used a casual, relatable tone and humor to convey the message that people who've never seen Star Wars before shouldn't feel bad about themselves and that one can have plenty of fun without watching these seemingly remarkable movies.
Loudenback starts off her text by quoting classic responses she receives when she tells someone that she has never watched Star Wars. "'You're kidding, right?' 'What is wrong with you?' 'Do you hate fun?' - these are just a few of the stunned responses I get when I confess I've never seen a 'Star Wars' movie" (Loudenback 1). This is not only a funny way to open up her text, but it's also a classic response that most people are familiar with and can relate to, no matter if the reader has watched Star Wars or not. Whether someone has said that to somebody else or has heard it from somebody else, it makes the the author feel like an acquaintance or somebody that the reader can have a nice conversation with. After getting the audience to relate to her, she adds humor to show her readers the fun she can have without watching Star Wars.
When someone who has not been exposed to Star Wars feels alone, they can tune into the BBC radio station that Loudenback introduces called "I have never watched Star Wars before." The fact that such a radio station exists gives the reader some amusement as well as give inclusion to those who has never watched it before. She also adds up all of the hours in the Lord of The Rings and Harry Potter movie to show how much time she has saved: 54 hours, in which "I could even hike from California's Big Sur to San Francisco with a couple hours to nap. And in 108 hours, I could train and run a marathon. In that same amount of time, I could also climb more than halfway to Mt. Everest base camp." By putting her situation under this classic light of "In the time that would take me to do that, I could..." idea.
Loudenback addresses the idea that although loving Star Wars was the movie that the nerdy, geeky kids watched, that concept is the current trend and whoever not in that "nerd" mold are now the social outcasts. As someone who watched Star Wars for the first time only recently, I can easily relate to her ideas. For some people, these movies were a big part of their childhood and something that makes them excited decades later. However, no one thing is suitable to everyone, and sometimes the most popular movie or book in the country right now could just be something to be humorous about, as shown by Loudenback.