Like this guy was probably MORE AWARE of racism in the '90s than he is now -- there's no way he could've NEVER HEARD OF the OJ Simpson trial or the LA riots, especially if he's a gangsta rap fan -- and he's just erased it from his memory so he can better enjoy his nostalgia
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I mean he's not special, our culture does this all the time Cf. the people pointing out the wave of '80s nostalgia Stranger Things rode in on cleaned up the actual '80s a lot
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Made it seem like racism wasn't much of a thing, group of white kids with one Black friend is normal (much like the idealized diverse friend groups they made up in the actual '80s)
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#DS9 addressed the dangers of entertainment which sanitizes the past in 1999. It's the only time I've seen this critique on TV. Crucially, Kasidy notes the importance of remembering the truth while exploring the fantasy.https://twitter.com/specialjesse/status/1341588772127817728 …specialjesse added,
1:38specialjesse @specialjesseDoes anyone know if any other fictional tv/movies have addressed the issue of what I’ve seen called “the dark side of nostalgia”? That is, presenting the past in a less historical, more favorable light. I keep going back to this#DS9 clip from 1999.#Prescient pic.twitter.com/q3kHQBnpfS3 replies 16 retweets 41 likes -
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WandaVision, for a recent example. Talks about the nostalgia of popcorn media as an escape. Nostalgia is a literal trap Wanda puts herself in.
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To an extent - Cobra Kai talks about nostalgia and how different poeple remember traumatic events differently. I don't think it quite lands that message though. That said, similarly Johnny Lawrence is trapped in his own nostalgia as he refuses to grow.
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(To an extent, so is Danny, who is the bully for the first couple of seasons and lacks the self-awareness)
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It's funny to me how wildly implausible Johnny's character is, he literally doesn't own a computer or smartphone and has never used the Internet The whole world has left him behind since his disastrous defeat in 1984
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@Nymphomachy about how much they show Johnny has changed since he was a kid Like in the original movie he seemed smart enough, he was the socially adept cool kid compared to Danny, he was a rich kid who hung out at the country club and had expensive tastes2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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He wasn't *born* this caricature of a working-class dirtbag who eats expired bologna out of the frying pan and drinks Coors Banquet at every occasion Somehow he *became* that Sometimes a hard enough kick in the head changes a man
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(In all seriousness, it's a 30-year gap He's had almost twice as many years alive in his life of alcoholism, depression and grinding poverty as he'd been alive when he was the high-flying golden boy Danny met An extremely depressing meditation on the passage of time)
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I mean the implication is his stepdad dropped him, but kept giving him loans/supporting him which hurt Johnny's own sense of self. Basically the loss hurt him so much he never recovered.
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Well yeah and he was a hard partying YOLO alcoholic and drug user in his 20s who got in constant fights and had his head kicked many more times
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