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Meaning of 'in a less measurable sense'
Hi,
Can someone please help me to paraphrase or give the meaning of 'in a less measurable sense'. This is a short piece from the article:
"Nickelodeon is bringing back its '90s hit shows like Clarissa Explains It All, which starred a young Melissa Joan Hart
H&M is selling scrunchies. I knew this would happen eventually — I've watched decade-specific TV shows like That '70s Show and The Wonder Years — and I've been waiting for the day when the clothes and music of my youth would be recycled and marketed back at me. It started a few years ago, so subtly that I almost didn't notice. In 2008 the independent film The Wackness came out, set in New York City in 1994. I was 26 when I saw it, and it was the first film I knew of that had re-created a time period I'd lived through. A year later, Jimmy Fallon tried to reunite the cast of Saved by the Bell on his talk show. In a less measurable sense, I noticed it became socially acceptable to like Oasis and Dave Matthews Band again."
It would be really great if someone could help me.
Can someone please help me to paraphrase or give the meaning of 'in a less measurable sense'. This is a short piece from the article:
"Nickelodeon is bringing back its '90s hit shows like Clarissa Explains It All, which starred a young Melissa Joan Hart
H&M is selling scrunchies. I knew this would happen eventually — I've watched decade-specific TV shows like That '70s Show and The Wonder Years — and I've been waiting for the day when the clothes and music of my youth would be recycled and marketed back at me. It started a few years ago, so subtly that I almost didn't notice. In 2008 the independent film The Wackness came out, set in New York City in 1994. I was 26 when I saw it, and it was the first film I knew of that had re-created a time period I'd lived through. A year later, Jimmy Fallon tried to reunite the cast of Saved by the Bell on his talk show. In a less measurable sense, I noticed it became socially acceptable to like Oasis and Dave Matthews Band again."
It would be really great if someone could help me.
Top answer
The author is saying that an easy way for media companies to make money is to bring back stuff from a number of years back. Then "old" people who were teenagers at the time will go for it out of nostalgia. The author was a teenager in the early 1990's, and in 2008, when he was an "old" 26, he saw a movie that is set in 1994, when he was a teenager.
- The author is saying that an easy way for media companies to make money is to bring back stuff from a number of years back.
- Then "old" people who were teenagers at the time will go for it out of nostalgia.
- The author was a teenager in the early 1990's, and in 2008, when he was an "old" 26, he saw a movie that is set in 1994, when he was a teenager.
- The early 1990's seems to be the era that is currently being recreated by media companies, because the people who were teenagers back then are now "old" and eager to re-live their younger days.
- The author mentions specific things to back up his point: a movie set in NY in 1994, an attempt to reunite the cast of the early 1990's tv show Saved by the Bell.
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The author is saying that an easy way for media companies to make money is to bring back stuff from a number of years back. Then "old" people who were teenagers at the time will go for it out of nostalgia. The author was a teenager in the early 1990's, and in 2008, when he was an "old" 26, he saw a movie that is set in 1994, when he was a teenager. The early 1990's seems to be the era that is
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In the first part of the paragraph the author gives specific evidence for his views about the re-creation of time periods in the arts. He mentions TV shows and films by name. But when he speaks of noticing what is socially acceptable with regard to a few bands, he doesn't have as much evidence to back his view. So, what he can prove by citing specific examples is 'more measurable', and what he
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