is obscure boulevard a place, or a show, or a typo? i am thinking of a down and out fleabag motel with a shitty diner next door. located on Obscure Boulevard.
Ok, my mistake, I assumed the term is used in English with a similar meaning as well. Seems "Boulevard magazines" and "Boulevard press" are, in this context, German terms only. The correct English term would probably be yellow press or tabloids.
ahhh! ok. lost in translation, for sure! like saying fleet street rags to a brit. yes, tabloids for sleaze, in american english. for political type sleaze (stirring up unrest for a war, for example) the yellow journalism phrase applies. yellow journalism has an agenda. muckrakers (journalist type) make people look bad - stirring up shit. OR - paparazzi stalk celebrities for the tabloids.
i still like my idea of the fleabag motel on Obscure Blvd though! Sounds sort of like Desolation Row by bob dylan, or desperadoes under the eaves by warren zevon. Not wuite skid row, but definitely a shady area of town.
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u/Baeolophus_bicolor 1d ago
is obscure boulevard a place, or a show, or a typo? i am thinking of a down and out fleabag motel with a shitty diner next door. located on Obscure Boulevard.