Poptimism THORT for the day

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"pop is a map of the world at large (everything else is a map of 1xcommunity at small)"

That one submitted by dubdobdee.

Comments

Re: We Are The World, We Are The Children

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

American popular culture is very very good at not only ignoring the rest of the world but ignoring the facets of its own country that doesn't appeal to those who spend most on leisure goods. This latter attribute provides an interesting tension, in that people outside the favorable demographics are the ones who often use entertainment for upward mobility, meaning that there's often something of a split between the creators and their audience.

Not what you were talking about, obviously, but as I was reading this, what immediately came to mind was landed aristocracy in Europe supporting Mozart, Bach, etc. while the overwhelming majority of the population sang God knows what in the fields. How much is specific to America?