That's true in a sense, but there have been times when the popular culture was more relaxed, and was a closer fit to the median of the country. Part of the pro

That's true in a sense, but there have been times when the popular culture was more relaxed, and was a closer fit to the median of the country. Part of the problem of course is that there is not really a common, popular culture any longer. And so it's much easier for most people to feel estranged from Hollywood. Everyone's estranged, and no one has much in common. But, it's also the case that the modern moralism that's permeating everything is particularly catastrophic and melodramatic. For sure, there have been times in history when things were worse, but that's hardly cause to celebrate. Media can certainly become "less political" in a normal sense that anyone would recognize without making your comment untrue at all.