As the release date for the film version of Fifty Shades of Grey looms ever closer, increasingly strange items of merchandise are vying for fans' money.
QUESTION FROM MICHAEL G: What about the use of the logo, halo system, and merchandise, and the strange identity Trent has always had — i.e., NIN is Trent Reznor.
And once the yarn starts spinning, it is absurdly easy to buy into the crazy scenario, to get all caught up in the experiences of a guy named Alex More and his days dusting the merchandise in this strange world, waiting for a customer -- The Customer. .
It may seem strange that stores would want customers directed to merchandise they do not possess.
If the last sentiment seems worthy of Babbitt, it points out the strange tension in Nascar generally, where fans' love is expressed in sheer tonnage of merchandise purchased.
All the strange settings that would possibly be a harder sell to a buyer at a mass merchandise account can find readers online, though they might not necessarily be big sellers in print (like erotica).
Bloggers move merchandise.
Merchandise is increasingly valuable.
Merchandise flew off shelves.
