2. What is Pop Culture?

  1. Sociology majors justifying their comic book collection

    [insert joke about film majors here]

  2. Contrasted with "high culture"

    1. What most people consume, probably not the opera or symphony.
    2. The single most important force in shaping how people relate to the world. Plato got it right, if you want to control the people, control the songs they sing.
    3. Cue "Panic" by the Smiths, or "The Record Doctor" by Saint Etienne
    4. Br. Scot's music collection: ~2500 CDs, ~1800 records...

  3. Our stories define who we are...

    "My father was a wandering Aramean" Deut 26:5

    Our stories now come more from sit-coms than from symphonies; TV, movies and music have replaced most other forms of shared stories. They now define our shared identity.

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