Kyria the Great
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- Jun 2, 2017
This is what frustrates me about Quinten; mediocre media is extremely fascinating in retrospect and he refuses to address it on those terms. It’s the same reason that ChrisChan fascinates me. There are these things created that are essentially only ever background noise in their time. Looking at them is very interesting to learn about how mass culture changes over time. It’s interesting explicitly because it wasn’t intended to stand out other than for a half hour on a weekday afternoon. Looking back on it can tell us something about what the dominant cultural forces at the time deemed to be normal. A standout show or movie or product wouldn’t tell us the same thing because it was created to stand out
Well for all these championing all these shows, aside from his noise he's making about the series, what actual cultural impact do these shows have? Shows that truly are good capture a generation, are quoted, create memes, and we can all look back on truly what era they captured. Though mediocre shows are usually trend followers with not being confidently enough to chart its own course with especially Nickelodeon live action shows. Not everything has to be great but certainly watching those shows, it almost is like watching the slow decline of culture in general.