Royals

Grammys were last night, and an article in the Times evoked a precursor to my previous prediction. Mr. Soderbergh notwithstanding, the point at which distinctively Xer films appeared was a few years after they made their mark in music. The real, no-kidding, here-we-are-now point would have to be 1991, when Smells Like Teen Spirit destroyed what came before. (Still, what came before was often solidly of the same generation. Axl Rose, Slash and most other original members of Guns N Roses are Xers, as are many denizens of that “hair band” era.) 

Which means when someone starts talking about a “night for the underdogs,” "austerity themes," and victories for “second-hand culture,” contrasting (Xer) Ryan Seacrest with almost completely Millennial victories, it may be that music, at least, has fallen to the Hero hordes. Film is bound to be around the corner.