Those cognoscenti whose values were formed before TV and advertising became psychologically pandemic are still anxious to draw a sharp distinction.
(between mass media and "quality")
a young culture so willingly bombarded with messages equating what one consumes with who one is that brand loyalty is now an acceptable synecdoche of identity, of character
this is a great quote, incidentally
This, that we are agnate, also goes a long way toward explaining the violent and conflicting critical reactions New Voices are provoking.
on how C.Y. writers are related less by chronology and more by similar environment
(1) Neiman-Marcus Nihilism, declaimed via six-figure Uppies and their salon-tanned, morally vacant offspring, none of whom seem to be able to make it from limo door to analyst's couch without several grams of chemical encouragement;
(2) Catatonic Realism, a.k.a. Ultraminimalism, a.k.a. Bad Carve…
