{"id":1141804,"date":"2021-12-22T11:34:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141804"},"modified":"2021-12-22T11:34:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:34:58","slug":"8-pop-culture-predictions-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-pop-culture-predictions-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Pop Culture Predictions For 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F8-pop-culture-predictions-for-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141804&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A new year always offers new hope, even for the New York Jets. September, and cold, hard reality, is still nine months away for Gang Green.<\/p>\n<p>In pop culture terms, though, 2022 suggests we\u2019ll be getting much more of the same, with some notable twists. Hollywood is conservative only in how cautious it is to embrace change. Still, we can read the 2021 tea leaves well enough to make the following predictions for the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Cancel Culture Isn\u2019t Going Away<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the most depressing prediction. Cancel Culture and its woke acolytes will still be haunting us when that big, glossy ball descends anew in New York City at year\u2019s end. It\u2019s too entrenched in our culture to go away within 12 short months.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, Cancel Culture represents a power source for progressive elites, something they\u2019ll clutch with all of their might. Plus, we don\u2019t have tipping point of talent willing to stand up against it. For every Adam Carolla or John Cleese there\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.\u200bhollywoodintoto.\u200bcom\/marc-maron-cancel-culture-right-wing-fascists\/\">Marc Maron<\/a> or Stephen Colbert ready to either embrace it or pretend it doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>The best scenario? More entertainers take a bold stand, like <a>J.\u200bK.\u200b<\/a> Rowling, against its toxic nature. The year ended with Oscar winner Javier Bardem <a href=\"https:\/\/news.\u200byahoo.\u200bcom\/being-ricardos-javier-bardem-defends-052858465.html\">defending<\/a> his right to play the roles he\u2019s given regardless of ancestry or skin color.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a very small step, but one that offers hope for a brighter, more free future. There\u2019s always 2023, right?<\/p>\n<p>VOD May Be the New Normal<\/p>\n<p>The list of 2021 film flops should send chills down the spine of every film studio, large or small. \u201cIn the Heights.\u201d \u201cRespect.\u201d \u201cWest Side Story.\u201d \u201cThe Last Duel.\u201d \u201cNightmare Alley.\u201d \u201cKing Richard.\u201d \u201cDear Evan Hansen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The names behind those flops represent the very best of Hollywood talent. Steven Spielberg. Guillermo del Toro. Ridley Scott. Lin-Manuel Miranda.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home\u201d brought every third American back to the movie theater, but they\u2019re not interested in adult-minded dramas and Oscar bait fare.<\/p>\n<p>Will the pandemic\u2019s end change that? Possibly. What\u2019s crystal clear is that older audiences have grown accustomed to watching new-ish movies at home. And, if a title isn\u2019t immediately streaming into their living room, they\u2019ll wait a few short weeks until it is.<\/p>\n<p>That will convince studios to embrace the Video on Demand template used sporadically in 2021 with titles like \u201cDune\u201d and \u201cKing Richard\u201d (both debuted in theaters and HBO Max simultaneously).<\/p>\n<p>It makes sense. And it will reduce the local cineplex to a haven for IP blockbusters and cheap horror fare.<\/p>\n<p>That Oscar Spiral Will Continue<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Oscar ceremony felt like a homework assignment for movie buffs. No big laughs nor comedic emcees. Lectures aplenty. And films few American audiences watched or cared to screen at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Expect little to change in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The current Oscar film slate (\u201cBelfast,\u201d \u201cWest Side Story,\u201d \u201cNightmare Alley\u201d) lacks a blockbuster able to lure viewers back to the ceremony, a la \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d or \u201cAvatar.\u201d \u201cKing Richard\u201d checked off some of those populist boxes, including a robust critic\/audience rating at Rotten Tomatoes, but very few people saw it.<\/p>\n<p>That means the Oscar ratings will either stay low or sink even further than before.<\/p>\n<p>Gutfeld Will March Alone (For Now)<\/p>\n<p>One of 2021\u2019s biggest surprises, at least to Team Hollywood, was the sudden success of Fox News\u2019 \u201cGutfeld!\u201d How could a late night cable show with no A-list stars compete with Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon and co.?<\/p>\n<p>Quite easily, as we learned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGutfeld!\u201d regularly threatens CBS\u2019s \u201cThe Late Show\u201d for the late night rating\u2019s crown, and it routinely trumps the competition. You\u2019d have to double or triple \u201cThe Daily Show\u2019s\u201d ratings to come close to \u201cGutfeld!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So Hollywood will look to clone its success, no?<\/p>\n<p>Of course not. Straight shooters always realized a right-leaning late night show stood a strong chance of success. Mainstream platforms simply refused to test the waters. What if they were right, they feared, and conservative yuks flooded the marketplace? They\u2019d rather lose money than allow that to happen.<\/p>\n<p>The success of \u201cGutfeld!\u201d won\u2019t change that mindset.<\/p>\n<p>Late Night Meltdown<\/p>\n<p>Comic hosts like Colbert, Seth Meyers and John Oliver can only deny reality for so long.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had a full year of these far-left comics either ignoring or downplaying the Biden administration\u2019s fumbles. At some point, though, even left-leaning audiences will get tired of the game. Supply chain woes. Soaring gas prices. Inflation. More lockdowns?<\/p>\n<p>Their hardcore bases will always salivate for every new Don Jr. quip, but independent and center-left fans may seek other ways to end the night. The ratings, already sinking in the Age of Biden, may droop even further.<\/p>\n<p>More Crowdfunding Success Stories<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chosen\u201d proved a game changer in more ways than one. The serialized look at the life of Christ earned positive reviews from critics and audiences alike. The former group is often hostile to faith-friendly stories, making \u201cThe Chosen\u201d an aberration.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the show\u2019s crowdfunding success story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new year always offers new hope, even for the New York Jets. September, and cold, hard reality, is still nine months away for Gang Green. In pop culture terms, though, 2022 suggests we\u2019ll be getting much more of the same, with some notable twists. Hollywood is conservative only in how cautious it is to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":1893950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1141804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}