Interesting, if rather woolly, little essay. The subversion of adult authority, especially male authority, in media is an interesting topic, though it has (as S

Interesting, if rather woolly, little essay. The subversion of adult authority, especially male authority, in media is an interesting topic, though it has (as Scott notes) been happening for a long time. Before it was the successful father figure, it was something else that succumbed to a good hard look that asked whether it had any actual authority, or whether we were choosing to submit to it. That goes back a long, long way.