Popular Culture
In the "Bad Breaks" episode (season 2, episode 13) of the US TV series Burn Notice, protagonist Michael Westen uses the term "Operation Quicksilver" to indicate to his friend Sam that in order to overcome a bank robber without injuring any hostages, Sam must convince the bank robber that he is a powerful, dangerous man who owns the bank and who will maim and torture anyone involved in the robbery.
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Famous quotes containing the words popular culture, popular and/or culture:
“The lowest form of popular culture—lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives—has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.”
—Carl Bernstein (b. 1944)
“We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)