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November 15, 2005
How are we feeling today? Let me check what my comics say.
This harkens back to my feelings about entertainment culture in general and how you can judge how US society views the world based upon popular cultural themes. I've always noticed a "light in the dark times, dark in the light times" model at work. When people feel upbeat generally they are willing to take a darker, more questionable and introspective entertainment; when people have a negative, more worrisome view of life they want their entertainment to be simple, and not to challenging. Mainly I've linked this to the economy (dark shows when market is good, light shows when the market is bad), but it extrapolates to the general well being of our culture as well.
It's the reason, I think, that so many really smart shows are struggling to find an audience (Arrested Development, The Office) and other shows are finding a boob-happy audience just waiting to see Paris Hilton or Donald Trump take a pie to the face.
Comic books shadow how we react to threats - EarthLink - Entertainment News
Posted by sferrell at November 15, 2005 4:09 PM
