rant · moment 14 of 18
Long Island Dive Bar Culture and Fear of the Future
from #176 - The Florida Project | The Tim Dillon Show · #176
3 min
He connects Lisa's Lounge regulars and their nostalgia to Irish cultural dread of the future, then criticizes Hollywood's endless reboots and remakes like Euphoria as evidence of no new ideas.
- Irish people dread the future but love the past, which is why movies like The Irishman appeal to them.
- Tim sees no new ideas in entertainment despite knowing talented people who can't get opportunities while studios remake Frazier and Mad About You.
- Everything feels like a romantic remake; when new shows do get made, they're often bleak like Euphoria about kids doing heroin and selling webcam footage.
- Watching The Irishman made Tim realize people will eat up nostalgic content because returning home for the holidays is more tragic once you've left.
- New Yorkers who tweet they love the empty city during holidays because everyone's gone are just masking their depression.