@TheVallyD "my goodness that's a nice car. how much did that cost? i could never afford that on my salary. no, that is a really fine vehicle. you did well for yourself. that's right... where was i?"
Robert Warshow was takling about this in the Gangster essay a bit he said america was in a happiness race/competition with the rest of the world and the mass culture reflected that, and that being too sad was a political statement against america. today it feels like it inverted to be a sadness race and being too happy is a political statement
Kane Parsons tells us that he sees a wave of more YouTubers breaking into Hollywood after both ‘BACKROOMS’ and ‘OBSESSION’.
“I can't speak to the trend, but I bet there’s going to be a little bit of a wave following what’s happened this year.”