The concept of the ‘small, tight-knit community’ is one that, outside of the more rural expanses throughout the country, seems to have faded almost into obscurity. We see atavistic depictions of such places in some popular films and television, to be sure, but thanks to the postmodern tendency toward irony, derision and subtle insult, these displays usually end up serving as a strange kind of meta commentary that such places should be shunned, scorned, or left to rot on the vine outside of modern society and culture. Plenty of smaller townships and suburban areas of the state of Minnesota see depictions in shows like “How I Met Your Mother” as such quaint, cozy kind of ‘everybody knows everybody’ kind of places.
American Goblin- Chapter 9
American Goblin- Chapter 9
American Goblin- Chapter 9
The concept of the ‘small, tight-knit community’ is one that, outside of the more rural expanses throughout the country, seems to have faded almost into obscurity. We see atavistic depictions of such places in some popular films and television, to be sure, but thanks to the postmodern tendency toward irony, derision and subtle insult, these displays usually end up serving as a strange kind of meta commentary that such places should be shunned, scorned, or left to rot on the vine outside of modern society and culture. Plenty of smaller townships and suburban areas of the state of Minnesota see depictions in shows like “How I Met Your Mother” as such quaint, cozy kind of ‘everybody knows everybody’ kind of places.