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Just saw The Substance, and my general reaction after was “I can’t believe somebody did that” (particularly, the ending). That’s what movies should evoke. Almost any exclusive series served on a streaming service is designed to appeal to the mean. There is no demographic for mutated and grotesque Demi Moore.
There's a cartoon argument that a network news station is controlled by donors and spews propaganda to brainwash the public; alternatively, the information you found online is free, bottom-up, more democratic, slant-free—"free media." I think the opposite might be true. Social media is more dangerous and dehumanizing than mainstream media. It's easier to believe that the source is free of gatekeepers, because the source looks like you, not an professional news anchor.
The post-election Twitter memes are predicting a “New American Golden Age.” These videos are a rejection of woke DEI liberals, and they’ve over-corrected to become indulgent in materialism, violence, and sex. These videos show yoga pants, hot girls, tongues, weapons, cars, Greek villas, 9/11, tennis sluts, Rome, tanks, Sears, motorcycles, NYC, and dogs. It’s a sad breed of Americana that seems edited by a 16 year old. Comments include, “I felt my testosterone go up 20 pts,” “All I want is a blonde trad wife for christmas,” and “White Boy century.”