Occasionally the broad, roiling river of American popular culture enters the narrows, where its varied elements are squeezed and filtered through a single work that defines the times and maybe even changes them. Think of "Sgt. Pepper," "Roots," "Thriller," "Bonfire of the Vanities" -- each a cross-generational Topic A for weeks, with reverberations that spilled into the months and years. (Full Article: 1402 Words)
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