Hollywood is broken, the media’s fragmented, and pop culture no longer speaks to a country that no longer speaks to itself.
There was a time when pop culture gave America a shared story. A single TV show could spark national debate. A film premiere was a civic event. Radio hits became cultural markers. Whether you loved it or hated it, you knew what was happening. Everyone did. Today, those moments are gone. What we’re left with is content, splintered across a thousand platforms, designed not to provoke or inspire, but to pacify and segment.
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