Post-recession culture collapsed further into commerce rather than reimagining society
Evidence
But how would one know the difference between art and kitsch in a poptimist world? For all the possibilities around reimagining society in the wake of the Great Recession, the culture went deeper into capitalist logic: the collective celebration of entertainers’ personal enrichment and the entrepreneurial chutzpah of reality TV stars. There was certainly no artistic explosion or moral revolution. In all the era’s cultural pursuits, commerce was the answer. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 256
Categorization
Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
- XREF: Connects to the ‘omnivore monoculture’ thesis the reader is tracking — commerce as the flattening force erasing art/kitsch distinction.