We say we’re tired of franchises, yet we all showed up for the cameo in the post-credits scene last weekend. The discourse is half the fun at this point.
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Entertainment content and popular media are the invisible curricula of the 21st century. They teach us how to dress, speak, love, and fight. They provide the metaphors through which we understand our own lives—framing personal struggle as a hero’s journey, corporate malfeasance as a villain’s plot, and social change as a redemption arc. The current moment is one of immense possibility and peril. The same algorithmic engine that can introduce a rural child to opera can also radicalize a young adult into extremism. The same platform that can amplify a vital social justice movement can also drown it in a flood of cat memes. We say we’re tired of franchises, yet we