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The first wave of a genre is often the most interesting, because the artists aren't usually consciously setting out to Create A New Genre, they're just pulling influences from various places and making something new. Later on, when artists decide to make something to Fit Into The Genre, the genre becomes a pastiche of itself, and the media becomes derivative and inbred. Instead of just copying your favorite artists, try checking out your favorite artists' favorite artists.

#this could be about about a lot of things #i was thinking about it in regards to the state progressive rock has sometimes been in ever since the genre was codified #like how is it ''progressive'' any more when all you're doing is copying previous prog artists #but it's also about star wars and how the originals pulled from different places (dune and wwii and samurai movies)#but a lot of star wars content (e.g. the sequel trilogy) feels like they just set out to Make A Star Wars Thing #like i saw a post saying that's why rogue one and andor were so good: because they pulled from spy fiction and other outside influences #instead of just repeating what the franchise had already done #idk take this post with a grain of salt because i'm stoned #i'm sure eno or somebody like that has said something like this before (and a lot more eloquently than me)#op #on art

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