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I don't know if that's true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire_season_2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_and_Girls_(The_Office)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Rae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Waterfront

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Exit_to_Brooklyn_(film)

But it's true the topic hasn't been en vogue for a while.

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Kudos for mentioning the second season of The Wire. At first, when watching the season, the theme felt misplaced, but it ended up being a very well done sociological exploration on deindustrialization. Given the current geopolitical issues it seems relevant even in contemporary times.

I already knew before watching the show that each season focused on a different aspect of Baltimore; though I didn't know any spoilers or major plot points. So I wasn't as thrown as most first-time viewers always seem to be. I quite liked it my first time.

I've never heard of any of those, so maybe it is true?

Literal Oscar-winners, critic favorites, and even a mass-market sitcom (just added it because I thought of it after writing the comment) on that list. Maybe you're not into pop culture?

One of the movies you're talking about is from 1954. No need for the snark. If you are going back 70 years, i don't think you can call it modern pop culture anymore. If instead you said, people into movie history, then sure.

Some of them are more recent, but even the most recent movie (the Chavez one) is over a decade ago, got panned by critics and looks to be a relatively low budget film. The sort of thing people into pop culture are likely to not know about.

I think the fact you can't find anything this decade is pretty telling

I wasn't being snarky. The Wire is the embodiment of prestige television drama. There's nothing wrong with not being into TV.

I also admitted the topic hasn't been popular of late. Your comment didn't say anything about recency. It's likely that the dwindling percentage of Americans in unions has something to do with fewer recent depictions of labor struggles in TV and movies.

I googled The Wire and it seems like something only people 4-10 years older than me would be familiar with, which leaves 0 examples for people my age?

I'm in the age group that would be familiar - it was certainly influential, but i'm not exactly sure i would call it mainstream. It was on HBO in an era where that significantly limited its audience. It was never a household name the way something like lost, game of thrones or breaking bad was. I think its mostly remembered for being the start of the wave of "prestige" televidion.

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