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Is Popular Culture Really in Terminal Decline?
The leader of this class is, of course, Taylor Swift, who’s been pioneering a futuristic form of storytelling: every verse and every public utterance links together an intricate web of “lore,” which brings fans together for puzzle-solving and reinterpretation.
Spencer Kornhaber • Is Popular Culture Really in Terminal Decline?
While Unravel pretended to be politically radical—even revolutionary—it didn’t seem to stand for much beyond liberal orthodoxy and feel-good ambient diversity. It offered fantasies of resistance, but had little to offer in terms of genuine, substantive social change or artistic experimentation.
Spencer Kornhaber • Is Popular Culture Really in Terminal Decline?
The same YouGov survey that found Americans to be so unhappy with the state of movies, TV, and music found that people also generally feel that this is the decade with the worst economy, the least moral society, the least close-knit communities, and the most political division.