On the Hate-Consumption of Media (Odd Columns #12)

Now, I could get all political here, and talk about how people secretly long for what they hate, but I don’t think that’s what’s going on. While hating this media is part of the experience, I don’t think that we enjoy this experience because it’s what we hate — at least, not usually, — I think we do so in spite of the fact that it’s what we hate.

Analysis, Odd Columns, Written by: CameronCameron SummersMay 2, 2021television, video games, YIIK: A Postmodern RPG, Hate-Consumption, Virgil, Hannibal, American Horror Story, Jean-Francois LyotardComment