tbf this might kind of parallel this issue with music, where we remember the good stuff and forget all the trite shit that was popular.
Nickleback sucking is a meme over a decade after the band lost relevance. And before that, there was Creed. And all along the in-between there was the Mickey Mouse Club to Porn Star pipeline of a dozen identical young girls groomed into generic American music idols. And then the Boy Bands... holy fuck the boy bands.
Hell, you can trace this shit all the way back to Elvis and further still if you're really curious. I grew up listening to 50s music and watching 50s movies, then watched them recycled and reinvisioned and reproduced until they were just a gray smear of media waste that was weaponized into the Culture War. Madison Avenue didn't always rule our world, but they've been in the driver's seat for at least three generations.
Nickleback sucking is a meme over a decade after the band lost relevance. And before that, there was Creed. And all along the in-between there was the Mickey Mouse Club to Porn Star pipeline of a dozen identical young girls groomed into generic American music idols. And then the Boy Bands... holy fuck the boy bands.
Hell, you can trace this shit all the way back to Elvis and further still if you're really curious. I grew up listening to 50s music and watching 50s movies, then watched them recycled and reinvisioned and reproduced until they were just a gray smear of media waste that was weaponized into the Culture War. Madison Avenue didn't always rule our world, but they've been in the driver's seat for at least three generations.