On critiques of entertainment.
New contributing editor Ryan Zickgraf joins Alex and George to talk about the history of media critique and contemporary cases.
How does consensus-age comedy like King of the Hill deal with hyperpolitics today?
Is the reliance on archetypes a problem, or inherent to all comedy?
Why is Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death still relevant?
Is the Gen X critique of 'couch potatoes' and TV-watching similar to today's techlash?
Have we become insensible to contradiction?
Links:
We’re still distracting ourselves to death, Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
King of the Hill reboot is ill-suited to the Trump age, Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
