Who are the culture heroes of today?

Re:Who are the culture heroes of today? by screye on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:28PM (#26189741)

I'll talk about those (heroes/villains) who single handedly changed the trajectory of entire domains and the culture around it. (for better or for worse).

* Narendra Modi - Modi is a phenomenon. You have to visit India to realize the extent to which everything revolves around him. A tier of popularity that was reserved for a Gandhi before this. The only man in India who can use the word 'privatization' without being cancelled. Did things that were considered political suicide (370 abolishment, Ram mandir, triple talak, now the Farm Bill).

* Arnab Goswami - changed the entire TV news landscape of India. Uprooted an entire entrenched industry and redefined what 24hr TV looks like for the whole country.

* The Viral Fever (a group) - Spearheaded the rise of stand up comedy in India. It had been simmering underground, until their comedy skits blew the entire industry up in a matter of months. It was all everyone talked about for a 2 yr. span in the early 2010s. The industry has risen at an incredible pace (thanks Netflix) and now a 'normal' way to spend a weekend evening in urban India.

* Netflix founders - Duh

* Boris Johnson - Brexit was THAT big of a deal

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Re:Who are the culture heroes of today? by thrown67 on Friday February 19, 2021 @03:48AM (#26190968)

Narendra Modi is also a person who can jail random journalists critical of him (or anyone for that matter) without getting cancelled. In fact, at this point I think he can do anything without getting cancelled. A lot (or most) of that 'popularity' was (is being) built through outright lies, fear, suppression of dissent, polarisation etc.

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Re:Who are the culture heroes of today? by AussieWog93 on Friday February 19, 2021 @12:04AM (#26189968)

As a dirty gora, Indian stand-up comedy is one of the most infuriating things in existence. Video title in English. Start of the routine is in English. Then just before delivering the punch line, the comedian invariably performs a full 180 and switches language to Hindi or Telugu or something. The whole audience erupts into laughter and you're left there not even knowing why.

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Re:Who are the culture heroes of today? by afavour on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:47PM (#26189869)

I’d take issue with Boris Johnson there. If the issue is Brexit I honestly think Nigel Farage would have better claim to the crown. Boris is a largely ineffectual leader that goes wherever the wind is blowing. Farage, for his many sins, was pushing Brexit on day one.

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