174
What is a piece of media that literally changed the world/had a real world impact? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
171 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

For example: Jaws crashed the shark population and Sideways changed the popularity of 2 different Wines.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The Exorcist bears some (much?) responsibility for kicking off the Satanic panic.

Many war photos could work for this question, too. The first one that comes to mind for me is "The Terror of War," often called "Napalm Girl," from the Vietnam War.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Going to have to disagree on the Exorcist responsibility.

    What actually sparked Satanic Panic were two things. First was the 1980 publication of the book 'Michelle Remembers' which was a memoir about how someone was terrorized by a satanist cult in victoria, british columbia.

    And in 1983, a mother wildly accused a preschool worker of abuse with claims of having witchcraft, underground tunnels and sacrificial rituals.

    The Exorcist was in 1973.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •