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Data-centric essays about movies, music, TV, and more. Click to read Stat Significant, by Daniel Parris, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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6 Culture Trends: AI Music, Heated Rivalry, Mr. Brightside, and More
Welcome back to the Monday Roundup! The Monday Roundup is a weekly bonus edition featuring data-driven culture stories, curated datasets, and recommended reading. Your regular Wednesday essay stays free for everyone-this is strictly additive.Today's editi
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The Invention of the Streaming Movie Star
Happy Gilmore 2 (2025). Credit: Netflix.Intro: Adam Sandler, Small-Screen StarIn 1999, Adam Sandler was the biggest movie star in America, if such a title exists. His irreverent humor and goofy voices propelled low-budget comedies like The Waterboy and Bi
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6 Culture Trends Worth Watching: Netflix's Cable Addiction, Latin Music, Anime, and More
Welcome back to the Monday Roundup! The Monday Roundup is a weekly bonus edition featuring data-driven culture stories, curated datasets, and recommended reading. Your regular Wednesday essay stays free for everyone-this is strictly additive.Today's editi
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TV Has Entered Its Slop Era
Star Wars: The Acolyte (2024). Credit: DisneyIntro: The Peak of PeaksIf you had to pinpoint the peak of the Peak TV era, May 2023 would make for a compelling choice. Prestige mainstays like Succession, Barry, Ted Lasso, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel were
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6 Culture Trends Worth Watching: Madonna, Avengers Doomsday, Million-Dollar Jackets, and More
Welcome back to the Monday Roundup! The Monday Roundup is a weekly bonus edition featuring data-driven culture stories, curated datasets, and recommended reading. Your regular Wednesday essay stays free for everyone-this is strictly additive.Today's editi
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Apple TV+: Prestige Darling, Streaming Loser
Ted Lasso (2020). Credit: Apple TV+.Intro: From Hardware to Hard-PressedPrior to 2019, Apple was a hardware company-the force behind the iMac, the iPad, the U2-themed iPod, and so on. But on March 25, 2019, the company surprised both Hollywood and Silicon
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6 Culture Trends Worth Watching: James Bond, Christopher Nolan's Hype Machine, Music's Loudness War, and More
Welcome back to the Monday Roundup! The Monday Roundup is a bonus edition featuring data-driven culture stories, curated datasets, and recommended reading. Given the strong response to this format, I'll be publishing it weekly for the foreseeable future.Y
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How Hollywood Stopped Making Movies in Hollywood
La La Land (2016). Credit: Warner Bros.Intro: #StayInLAThe past decade has not been kind to Los Angeles' entertainment industry. The combined shock of the 2023 labor strikes and the 2025 wildfires intensified fears that film and television production is m
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6 Culture Trends Worth Watching: The IMAX Boom, the Reality TV Bust, Count Binface, and More
Welcome back to the Monday Roundup! The Monday Roundup is a bonus edition featuring data-driven culture stories, curated datasets, and recommended reading. Given the strong response to this format, I'll be publishing it weekly for the foreseeable future.Y
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