Today, the dominant tone is : an oscillation between sincere nostalgia and ironic detachment. We love Stranger Things because it is sincerely nostalgic for the 80s, but we also ironically laugh at its tropes. We watch The White Lotus for its brutal satire of the rich, but we also genuinely care about the characters.
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The introduction of cable television in the 1980s began to fracture the monolith. Suddenly, there were 50 channels. Then 100. Then 500. Niches emerged: the 24-hour news cycle, the music video channel (MTV), and the home shopping network. The audience began to splinter into tribes. Today, the dominant tone is : an oscillation
If you asked a cultural critic in 2010 to describe popular media, they would say "irony." Shows like The Daily Show and South Park survived on cynicism and detachment. Then 100