Things that aren’t coming back
- irony
- insight porn
- premium mediocre
- ‘blue collar tv’ style comedy (Larry the cable guy etc)
- USA network style ‘blue sky tv’ (Psych, Burn Notice)
- “startup culture” as a thing (though startups will continue)
what else?
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Insight porn actually ended around 2013, right around when coined the term. Stuff I did in that genre after then felt like I was self-consciously larping my own older style (premium mediocre internet of beefs)
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Blue sky comedy is interesting because I can’t define it at all but I know what you mean and could rattle off similar shows
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I loved psych as a series but I don't get the blue sky definition. Anywhere to look for?
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I dunno, I think blue collar comedy has long legs. We just haven’t seen a talent like Larry in a while (who, note, had some big weaknesses). Take a better version of him and package it up on cable and the Internet - I bet it makes gazillions.
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It’s just that the entire culture it comes from has gone very dark and humorless
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