ATProto Browser

ATProto Browser

Experimental browser for the Atmosphere

Post

Art in an age w/out nuance. “Satire and other more sophisticated forms of storytelling were subsumed by an intense literal-mindedness, in keeping with a growing conviction that audiences were both dangerously malleable and much too stupid to grasp anything but the most ham-handed moral messaging.”

Apr 27, 2025, 8:59 PM

Record data

{
  "uri": "at://did:plc:jrv6ccb77bw5h4rsotb4pbfq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnt5fzyltn2a",
  "cid": "bafyreiexv2kfx3g5w6dgzdblheuoxnerfrxrjytdja2x2re7azlwv6ptry",
  "value": {
    "text": "Art in an age w/out nuance.\n\n“Satire and other more sophisticated forms of storytelling were subsumed by an intense literal-mindedness, in keeping with a growing conviction that audiences were both dangerously malleable and much too stupid to grasp anything but the most ham-handed moral messaging.”",
    "$type": "app.bsky.feed.post",
    "embed": {
      "$type": "app.bsky.embed.external",
      "external": {
        "uri": "https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fascism-and-what-artists-can-art-transcend-politics",
        "thumb": {
          "$type": "blob",
          "ref": {
            "$link": "bafkreiaxfuqfqtgadnatmgijg3ywtoxyp2yjswwwouxnjlzgvtynposacq"
          },
          "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
          "size": 388316
        },
        "title": "Trump, Fascism, and What Artists Can Do",
        "description": "There is tension between wanting art to transcend and wanting it to reflect reality back to us. Plus: Are Dems finally ready to retire the purity tests?"
      }
    },
    "langs": [
      "en"
    ],
    "createdAt": "2025-04-27T20:59:30.572Z"
  }
}