Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness

That was a fascinating article. Also, pop culture rarely appears to be studied, I think, because we're supposed to think of pop culture as ephemeral to the point of never needing to be studied or taken seriously. Even though we eventually realize out mistake and then have to scramble to pick up what remaining fragments there are of pop culture. (The absurdly long copyright term in the US doesn't help with that at all.)