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This is both liberating and terrifying. On one hand, audiences have a voice that was unthinkable 20 years ago. On the other, the most passionate fans are often the most conservative—they want the familiar, the referential, the easter egg. They punish risk. They reward the inside joke. The result is a popular media landscape that is increasingly insular, self-referential, and hostile to outsiders.
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