Hysterical surrealism? A pop culture for our age of economic insecurity

Income inequality has spawned a new subgenre of art – less dystopian than manic and absurd

Critics – and people at dinner parties – like to remark how dystopian television shows such as The Handmaid’s Tale or Black Mirror offer the sharpest reflections of our grim times.

I disagree.

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