"Just as it is incalculably more thrilling to watch a piano burn than, say, kindling, there is more satisfaction in watching actual stuff explode—cars, volcanoes, toasters, what have you—than in witnessing explosions that produce only bombast. When fireworks blow up, the only things up-blowing are the fireworks themselves. There is no drama. There is violence but there is not sex. There is a feeling of danger without a corresponding spirit of adventure."
Fireworks really suck. - By Troy Patterson - Slate Magazine
I don’t get the allure of fireworks at all. They constantly disappoint. We live in an age of technological wonder, yet fireworks have barely changed at all. Before movies and television, perhaps colored lights in the sky made for good entertainment. Now they’re a complete bore.
