Opinion: Is this a show that stops the world, or one that drags-on? | oz_f
, we had five free-to-air channels and Foxtel, and internet piracy was yet to reach its peak. This epic of violence, nudity and incest was soon to become history’s most watched and talked about show globally.
It’s a phenomenon that hasn’t been matched since. That’s why the premiere of highly anticipated prequelthis week has many in the TV industry asking: is this the series that will bring the world back together for a shared viewing experience?In my view, the answer is no. And it has nothing to do with the quality ofsuch a hit through the 2010s was the sense that we were all in it together.
After the pandemic, the water cooler doesn’t exist. Our collective experiences are much less likely to be physical. That doesn’t mean people aren’t furiously discussing the show , but we’re all a bit more atomised, which diminishes one of the things that made a show as popular as
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