My exposure to American culture (UK here) is mainly through movies, and definitely since the 90s there's been an explosion in low-grade smut, degeneracy and outright morally bankrupt filth in them.
I LOVE old Hollywood movies, and I can say there is a watershed moment pretty exactly in 1960, usually associated with the collapse of the studio system. Until 1960 almost every movie a gem, very good or at least enjoyable. From 1960 on all junk with very rare exceptions.
There was a short outburst of good movies (which "critics" considered trash, the likes of "Rambo", "The Thing", "Alien", "Red Scorpion", "Delta force" etc.) but only to get much worse....
My exposure to American culture (UK here) is mainly through movies, and definitely since the 90s there's been an explosion in low-grade smut, degeneracy and outright morally bankrupt filth in them.
I LOVE old Hollywood movies, and I can say there is a watershed moment pretty exactly in 1960, usually associated with the collapse of the studio system. Until 1960 almost every movie a gem, very good or at least enjoyable. From 1960 on all junk with very rare exceptions. There was a short outburst of good movies (which "critics" considered trash, the likes of "Rambo", "The Thing", "Alien", "Red Scorpion", "Delta force" etc.) but only to get much worse....