Do uncertain political times always result in great art?
From Ghost Town to Grapes of Wrath, the idea of hard soil breeding potent work has grown steadily since the 1960s
In Peter Biskind’s celebratory history of the New Hollywood, , a movie executive says of the late 60s: “It was like the ground was in flames and tulips were coming up at the same time.” That period is a classic example of the popular idea that turbulent times breed great art: the old norms crumbled and new
