What's The Next Big Pop Cultural Push?

[Dannyalcatraz]

Oh man, Crom-coms!

 

[Ruin Explorer]

1. Skibidi Toilet: The Roblox Saga, ft. Fortnite Jonesy, with special guest Baby Shark.

Kiiiiiilll... meeee...

 

[payn]

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[Dannyalcatraz]

I was wondering if someone could point me to a conversation of a bunch of old people trying to figure out what the next cool thing is?
I'm both old AND not cool so I'll see myself out.

I guarantee you that the average age of decision makers in pitch rooms in Hollywood, NYC and elsewhere is north of 30 years old.

 

[KYRON45]

I guarantee you that the average age of decision makers in pitch rooms in Hollywood, NYC and elsewhere is north of 30 years old.

And hopefully they have marketing people to point them in the other direction.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I guarantee you that the average age of decision makers in pitch rooms in Hollywood, NYC and elsewhere is north of 30 years old.

Sure, but they're not who decides what succeeds in pop culture. They're merely the recipients of that success. They just keep throwing crap at the wall and seeing what sticks until some pattern to the crap-throwing emerges as successful for a while, until the consistency of the crap changes and throwing must change again... er... I don't like this metaphor at all ugh sorry!

 

[Ruin Explorer]

And hopefully they have marketing people to point them in the other direction.

They don't know anything about anything. Source: I worked in a marketing agency which was quite successful, and good god the cluelessness. The only thing they're good for, really, is working out what HAS SUCCEEDED after the fact, and helping to throw more crap at the wall. They're you're crap-sticking-checkers, not your crap-throwing innovators (ARGH THIS METAPHOR).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

 

[KYRON45]

They don't know anything about anything. Source: I worked in a marketing agency which was quite successful, and good god the cluelessness. The only thing they're good for, really, is working out what HAS SUCCEEDED after the fact, and helping to throw more crap at the wall. They're you're crap-sticking-checkers, not your crap-throwing innovators (ARGH THIS METAPHOR).

The question then becomes.....should they sell this disgusting wall to an art gallery?
I know about as much about art as i do being cool.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And hopefully they have marketing people to point them in the other direction.

MBA in Sports & Entertainment Marketing here: that’s not what marketing does. They’re given a project and told to sell it. At most, they’ll do additional research and point out major pitfalls. But they’re not the decision makers in any real sense.