Has Halloween become an adult holiday? Yes.
Adults are drawn more to sex appeal and partying.
ZARINA KHAIRZADA
Issue date: 10/29/09 Section: Opinion
Sexy Indians, bodacious belly dancers and barely dressed girls create the new Halloween ambience.
Trick-or-treating has become old news and the flame of fun has burnt out making way for a whole new tradition. Before when we would hear Halloween we would think of cute toddlers in cow costumes or maybe little Tinker Bells carrying a candy-filled pumpkin basket. Now what we see is girls competing to wear the costume that shows the most skin changing Halloween from what it was into something completely different.
As the saying goes, "sex sells", and these past Halloweens have proven just that. Today we see teens and adults wearing less of what one may call a costume. People have gone from looking scary, to cute and now sexy.
Although many events on Halloween are all ages the emphasis is targeted mostly on the adult population.
Haunted mansions, theme parks and other events seem to lean toward mature content in their displays and themes. Knott's Scary Farm featured one of many "ghouls" lurking within the mazes suggesting sexual innuendos playing up the role of bad girl or bad doll.
Each year mazes and events become scarier, with more detailed sights such as a mother giving birth to bloody gargoyles as they are ripping their way out of her body; that doesn't seem like something people would want their kids to see, considering how graphic it is.
The nature of such a sight only increases the level of grotesque mazes for next year. Theme parks are popular because of their new mazes that feature more terrifying sights, making each year more terrifying than previous events.
Then there are those adults that are more drawn to sex appeal and partying; this leads event holders to create events where it will be lucrative.
Monster Massive is an annual dance music festival that has been successful for its 12th year and has gained popularity with its feature on Halloween taking place at the LA Sports Arena every year.
Monster Massive alone is attended by more than 20,000 people each year and the dress code is brought down to the bare minimum allowing attendees to wear as much or as little as they like giving the children that attend the event a wrong impression.
With more adult content put out into mazes and events it is only natural that Halloween has progressed into an adult holiday.
Trick-or-treating has become old news and the flame of fun has burnt out making way for a whole new tradition. Before when we would hear Halloween we would think of cute toddlers in cow costumes or maybe little Tinker Bells carrying a candy-filled pumpkin basket. Now what we see is girls competing to wear the costume that shows the most skin changing Halloween from what it was into something completely different.
As the saying goes, "sex sells", and these past Halloweens have proven just that. Today we see teens and adults wearing less of what one may call a costume. People have gone from looking scary, to cute and now sexy.
Although many events on Halloween are all ages the emphasis is targeted mostly on the adult population.
Haunted mansions, theme parks and other events seem to lean toward mature content in their displays and themes. Knott's Scary Farm featured one of many "ghouls" lurking within the mazes suggesting sexual innuendos playing up the role of bad girl or bad doll.
Each year mazes and events become scarier, with more detailed sights such as a mother giving birth to bloody gargoyles as they are ripping their way out of her body; that doesn't seem like something people would want their kids to see, considering how graphic it is.
The nature of such a sight only increases the level of grotesque mazes for next year. Theme parks are popular because of their new mazes that feature more terrifying sights, making each year more terrifying than previous events.
Then there are those adults that are more drawn to sex appeal and partying; this leads event holders to create events where it will be lucrative.
Monster Massive is an annual dance music festival that has been successful for its 12th year and has gained popularity with its feature on Halloween taking place at the LA Sports Arena every year.
Monster Massive alone is attended by more than 20,000 people each year and the dress code is brought down to the bare minimum allowing attendees to wear as much or as little as they like giving the children that attend the event a wrong impression.
With more adult content put out into mazes and events it is only natural that Halloween has progressed into an adult holiday.
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mwalace24
posted 10/29/09 @ 10:02 AM PST
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I know from my personal accounts that episodes such as the ones described below are not isolated and cross many cultural and demographic lines. (Continued…)
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