Funny thing. In reviewing a list with the bulk of popular contemporary literature and contemporary cinema blockbusters, it is possible to notice that the great majority of themes and settings have very little to do with reality.
Honestly. Nowadays it is all about "super-science", "super-powers", "super-natural" and otherwise "magical" precepts. Inchlings of reality find their way here and there, but they also tend to be exacerbated "super-realism". To my mind, that the popular preference is for the fictional and the fantastical is clear indication of escapism.
Could that mean that we have made our real lives "super-dull" and "super-infernal"? Can't we change our daily lives to make them more than bearable? Can't our reality be interesting enough and pleasurable enough for us to enjoy it and write about it and make movies about it?
Food for thought.
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