Channel: Pop Culture Detective

Category: Education

Tags: nostalgia#strangerthings4#strangerthings3harrison fordhollywood masculinityindiana jonesmanhood#strangerthingsstranger thingsjim hopper1980s

Description: The hit Netflix series Stranger Things is a love letter to iconic pop culture media of decades past. But there are dangers in leaning too heavily on nostalgia because media makers can sometimes end up reproducing harmful patterns along with their retro aesthetics, especially when it comes to action hero masculinity and belligerent romance conventions from the 1980s. **Spoilers for season 3 of Stranger Things PATREON Help me make more videos! patreon.com/popdetective PAYPAL If you'd rather one-time donations you can do it via PayPal: paypal.me/popdetective LINKS Evan Rachel Wood's tweets: twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1147213677247860737 TEXT TRANSCRIPT popculturedetective.agency/2019/stranger-things-and-the-danger-of-nostalgia COMMENTS All comments are held for approval on account of YouTube comments being a dumpster fire. If you'd like to participate in constructive online conversations about this video, please share it on your social media networks. FAIR USE All multimedia clips included in this video constitute a 'fair use' of any copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of U.S. Copyright law, which allows for criticism, comment and scholarship. Learn more about fair use with this awesome app by New Media Rights! newmediarights.org/fairuse CREDITS Writer/Producer: Jonathan McIntosh Outro music: Rick Lopez Help us caption/translate this video: amara.org/v/xMnt