Our view of mythology often ignores that it was propaganda from Gilgamesh to Oracle visits to the foundation of Rome by escaped Trojans. Wouldn't modern mythology be the same?
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(Whereas we live in a real world where looking up the canon quote from the real episode has never been easier and will only get easier over time)
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Yeah, I mean, we're nowhere near a time when the source material is not readily available. But I think the shift will be if there starts to be many rival canons for the same underlying figure. The closest we are now is probably Sherlock, right?
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I said elsewhere that the closest thing to society-shaping myth in corporate entertainment is police procedurals. The individual stories vary but those variations are meaningless compared to the overall narrative of police as guardians of society who should be above the law.
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