When you think about the golden age of professional wrestling—the era of Saturday morning cartoons, iconic yellow t-shirts, and sold-out arenas—one name immediately comes to mind: Hulk Hogan. For decades, the accepted story has been that Hogan, backed by Vince McMahon’s marketing machine, single-handedly launched wrestling into the stratosphere of popular culture. But that’s only […]
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Up, Up, and Away! Does “Superman” Need to Shatter Records to Save the Day for DC?
The Man of Steel is back, and the big question on everyone’s mind isn’t whether he can stop a speeding locomotive, but if he can reverse the box office trajectory for Warner Bros. and its shiny new DC Universe. With James Gunn’s “Superman” soaring into theaters this weekend, the pressure is on. But does this […]
The Quiet Conquest: How Canada Became America’s Pop Culture Superpower
It is a well-documented yet persistently intriguing phenomenon in the study of Western popular culture: Canada, a nation with a population approximately one-tenth that of the United States, consistently produces cultural exports that penetrate and profoundly influence the American landscape to a degree that is vastly disproportionate to its demographic or economic weight. This dynamic […]