For most of the last half-century, the charge has been that American culture is stuck in adolescence. But adolescence, it turns out, was not the floor. Disney is leading the transformation, expanding into new age markets for maximum profit.
I don’t see the connection between the “Disney adults” described by this article and the wider “kidult culture” that’s supposedly characterized by playing Stardew Valley and watching K-Pop Demon Hunters.
On the one hand, this article points to people spending huge sums of money to permanently live in a constructed escapist fantasy, and on the other hand you have (relatively) cheap media where someone might spend a few hours engaging with in their free time each day.
Calling out “cozy games” where you “tend vegetable gardens” is especially odd: The clearest connection to escapism in those games is about living in a community where everyone is connected on a personal level. You know, the very thing capitalist society abolishes for profit every day. I don’t see where enjoyment of that media connects to living a Disney-themed life, basically the complete opposite.
I don’t see the connection between the “Disney adults” described by this article and the wider “kidult culture” that’s supposedly characterized by playing Stardew Valley and watching K-Pop Demon Hunters.
On the one hand, this article points to people spending huge sums of money to permanently live in a constructed escapist fantasy, and on the other hand you have (relatively) cheap media where someone might spend a few hours engaging with in their free time each day.
Calling out “cozy games” where you “tend vegetable gardens” is especially odd: The clearest connection to escapism in those games is about living in a community where everyone is connected on a personal level. You know, the very thing capitalist society abolishes for profit every day. I don’t see where enjoyment of that media connects to living a Disney-themed life, basically the complete opposite.
I am upset the dragged Stardew into this.
Can’t get any more wholesome than Stardew Valley.
Yeah if anything it’s a very adult fantasy, closer to what my grandma would play than a more violent game
why can’t i play star dew and call of duty though?
Call of Dewty
Well thought out. This is Disney trying to maintain its stranglehold on culture. With the rising cost of everything, it certainly won’t last for long…