Thread by @AlyssaRosenberg, I've been thinking about this a lot lately, with a useful push [...]

I& #39;ve been thinking about this a lot lately, with a useful push from @HeerJeet: it seems like a lot of our political conversations about culture are so bad because we& #39;re having them about culture that isn& #39;t up to the task. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | ’Game of Thrones’ was the last must-watch pop culture aimed at adults

In the decade since the show's premiere, nothing has done quite as good a job of asking huge, hard-to-answer questions and playing with expectations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/

#GameofThrones was so important to me, and to so many other people, in part because it was a story that was not just manifestly inappropriate for children, but specifically aimed at adults: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | ’Game of Thrones’ was the last must-watch pop culture aimed at adults

In the decade since the show's premiere, nothing has done quite as good a job of asking huge, hard-to-answer questions and playing with expectations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/

If you wanted to use #GameofThrones to talk about sexual ethics--even if the show itself wasn& #39;t always ethical--you didn& #39;t have to project onto it. The show was legitimately engaged with those questions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | ’Game of Thrones’ was the last must-watch pop culture aimed at adults

In the decade since the show's premiere, nothing has done quite as good a job of asking huge, hard-to-answer questions and playing with expectations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/

Same with plenty of other questions, for which the show& #39;s imperfections and failures often served as useful fodder. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | ’Game of Thrones’ was the last must-watch pop culture aimed at adults

In the decade since the show's premiere, nothing has done quite as good a job of asking huge, hard-to-answer questions and playing with expectations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/

Anyway, one of the reasons I& #39;ve been so tough on the MCU lately is that it& #39;s infuriating that the most popular franchise in the world is so incapable of holding up the conversations it& #39;s being asked to carry. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | ’Game of Thrones’ was the last must-watch pop culture aimed at adults

In the decade since the show's premiere, nothing has done quite as good a job of asking huge, hard-to-answer questions and playing with expectations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/game-of-thrones-10th-anniversary-must-watch-pop-culture-adults/

What& #39;s happening on #TheFalcolnAndTheWinterSoldier, for example, is just...not an actual, grown-up conversation about race, violence and whether institutions can be reformed from within.

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