巴拉

If anything, when things are rocky, pop culture has more of a responsibility to be stimulating, exciting, engaging, and even challenging, not just anesthetizing.

换言之，日子艰难的时候，流行文化更应该积极反映，更应该刺激，精彩，有吸引力而且敢于挑战，而不是麻痹我们。

I first thought … I could make something of basketball, probably in the eighth grade.

我最先想到。。。我是否可以打打篮球的时候，可能是在我八年级。