Pop Culture

Indiana Jones and the Movie Clones

Indiana Jones didn’t just redefine the adventure genre. He sparked a wave of imitators that filled the eighties with treasure hunters, ancient curses, and globe‑trotting thrills. Some were clever, some were chaotic, but all chased the magic Indy made iconic.

Pop Culture

The Pop Culture of 1989

So much of the popular culture I was consuming in the watershed year of 1989 felt like more than just entertainment—instead, much of it felt incendiary. The world itself felt on the cusp of something big