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Snaxshot #06: Part of A Complete Breakfast
- Both cereal and the daily news began as well-intentioned efforts to improve American lives. But just as cereal turned into sugar for the body, news turned into sugar for the mind.
from News in the Age of Abundance - David Perell by David Perell
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- The past several years have ushered in a wave of “brand” tales in Hollywood—films that speak to America’s prodigious capitalist ethos, just in case you forgot to look at a billboard. From Blackberry to Air to Flamin’ Hot ,these films have captured the full spectrum of brand power, documenting the highs, lows, and synthetic cheeses of big business. ... See more
from ‘Unfrosted’ Won’t Be the Last Brand IP Movie. Let’s Predict the Next Ones.
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And this is more proof of cereal’s overlooked relationship to American cool: Being cool is mostly ridiculous, and so is sugared cereal. That’s why we like it.
from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman