# Recent Pop Culture examples of postmodernism?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-pop-culture-examples-of-postmodernism/619640>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 22, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-pop-culture-examples-of-postmodernism/619640 "2012-04-22T22:36:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-pop-culture-examples-of-postmodernism/619640/21 "2012-05-05T05:35:24Z")

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> [@Justin\_Bailey](#):
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> “Violence is cool” has been a major cinematic theme since at least the 70s.

Yes, but that’s distinctly different from “violence looks cool.” One is a surrender to brute nihilism and the other is a fashion statement.

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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-pop-culture-examples-of-postmodernism/619640/22 "2012-05-05T09:21:09Z")

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The Simpsons has touched on post modernism every now and then.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-pop-culture-examples-of-postmodernism/619640/23 "2012-05-05T14:45:24Z")

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> [@Krokodil](#):
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> Yes, but that’s distinctly different from “violence looks cool.” One is a surrender to brute nihilism and the other is a fashion statement.

I guess we’re going to have to disagree. “Violence is cool” and “Violence looks cool” are pretty synonymous to me. And even if you don’t want to go back to the 70s, you can still trace it back to the 80s with James Cameron, Arnold, and the Die Hard/Lethal Weapon movies.

> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#):
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> The Simpsons has touched on post modernism every now and then.

“What’s with all the eyeballs?”

“It’s po-mo! Post-modern? Weird for the sake of weird.”

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-pop-culture-examples-of-postmodernism/619640/24 "2012-05-05T14:58:57Z")

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“Violence is cool” has been a key element of human storytelling since Homer (no, not Simpson). It’s not post-modern - it’s pre-literate.

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**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-pop-culture-examples-of-postmodernism/619640/25 "2012-05-05T17:41:58Z")

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I don’t know about postmodern _art_, but if it’s carrying over concepts from postmodern _philosophy_ then it’s pretty widespread.

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