haiku zeitgeist

I admit the main reason for this post is that those two words juxtaposed pleases me.

But since deciding to limit reviews on this blog to haiku form, I've noticed a number of other venues delivering reviews (or review-like impressions) in the same format.

To wit, SMRT-TV has compiled a batch of haiku impressions of ABC's "Lost."

And Fleshbot has started what's supposed to become a weekly feature of reviews of adult videos.

Naturally, I'm not saying that I started anything here, but I would assert that I may have tapped into a deeper cultural trend away from the overly wordy review and toward what must be considered the tersest form available, short of a ranking system based purely on stars or numerical scores, or the San Francisco Chronicle's Little Man. I'll keep an eye out for other examples.

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