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It's all about those of us that have been chosen
to write, to hear from the authors, to go into
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Enjoy your exploration, pay them back, I've got more questions.
You know. The fun begins when you start researching for
answers such as modern day's storytelling on the flat screen
at home or high above a room inside a movie theater.
Why does everything feel like the next episode of Stranger Things? Plus?
Is it a good thing for writers and directors to
actually tap into this new genre? My name is Erro.
I'm a daily writer, a silent wolf. I stand on
the side lines that do nothing but watch, listen, study,
then activate. I happen to call it the daily mess.
It is a chronological walk through an everyday world. Yeah,
it's my morning writing as a receiver of thoughts and ideas,
we as people tend to throw things to the side
because we think we're going to deal with it later on.
When a subject arrives inside of me, I know it's
time to dig in. It's still keeping that daily journal,
but by doing the research, that picture becomes clearer. This
is the daily mess storytelling on the flat screen at
home and the big screen in theaters. It all seems
to be filled with the same type of action and
influence of the next episode of Stranger Things. Well, here
is the thing. A lot of what we're experiencing in
storytelling today is part of what's called the Stranger Things formula.
There are five different forces currently in action. The five
seasons of Stranger Things gave viewers nostalgia, characters face dark times.
It was a small town mystery with a slow burning conspiracy.
Hollywood sees nostalgia as being safe with money by reducing risk.
It reminds viewers of goonies, et Stephen King, and even
eighties horror films. Streaming algorithms rewarded viewers by constantly connecting
them to shows like Stranger Things, and within a couple
of days or even a week, everything that you're watching
has that rhythm and beat of Stranger Things, which I
believe is one hundred percent. The reason why Taylor Swift
is so popular today is it popularity? All it takes
is one or two great songs and the next thing
you know, you're jamming out to ten back to back
Taylor Swift songs. Hmm, coming up next? Why does everything
feel like we're watching Stranger Things over and over again? Hey,
welcome back to the Daily Mess. So why does it happen?
Everything we're feeling right now feels like Stranger Things? An episode,
a new one here there, Oh, it's another one, but
it's really not. The vibe has become a genre. Many
many shows are sold to the platforms due to the
esthetic moods more than the origin of the concept. Tapping
into a cultural mood is so valuable and very important.
Stranger Things and other followers are pushing fans of the
story world into their childhood, innocence, government, mistrust, friendship, survival,
and trauma right now. Those are the emotional connections that
people keep tapping into because of our living spaces and
how we're challenged by the oh no, the uncertainty of
the world. Interestingly enough, we as viewers have a lot
of things on our minds and the readers and directors
know it. Everything that we're taking in feels and acts
like it's a copy of something because it's familiar. This
happens when everyone's investing in the emotional atmosphere. This is
usually when the hard work put in by the creative
teams starts to come across as being deluded. The one
thing that stands out most is this feeling that viewers
are having that something deeper has got to be taking
place in a binge. Watch more than the five pm
national news. I know, let's tune in and find out. Uh,
I'm aeron And that's the daily mess