Let’s reconvene in 20 years. I think we’ll be able to point to Breaking Bad as the high point of the dramatic depiction of the crisis of aging Boomer masculinity. If The Powers That Entertain Us are smart, they’ll do the same for femininity within the next decade (as opposed to trying to cram women into the current dramatic aging masculine mold established by Tony Soprano, which seems to be all They can muster at the moment). But this…this is a cultural breakwater.
To be followed by a piercing examination of the role (or lack thereof) of The Elder in American society, which should dovetail nicely with depictions of the complete collapse of traditional gender roles.
(And ha! You’re mainlining X-Files too. Netflix is like having a cultural drug dealer on call. I just discovered they’ve got Miami Vice on streaming…I mean, shit, I had the poster and everything…)
