in the 2010s musicians, shows, anything, would often just present as high concept or deep. if you do this now you have to trojan horse it entirely. huge difference between the decades.
its no longer cool or acceptable to enjoy things that are trying to be smart or pitching themselves as intelligent. you can notice this when looking backwards: it used to be the opposite. until recently a lot of music, shows, media unabashedly was “trying to be smart”.
