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The established, institutionalized set of beliefs, tastes, and judgments that define mainstream popular culture—the often-unexamined assumptions about what's "good," "important," "relevant," or "cool" within entertainment, media, and cultural consumption. Pop culture orthodoxy includes commitments: that certain movies, music, and celebrities are canon; that some cultural products are "high art" while others are "trash"; that taste is personal but some tastes are clearly better; that engagement with pop culture is essential to social belonging; that certain narratives and representations are progressive while others are problematic. Like all orthodoxies, it provides shared reference points and community, but it functions as cultural gatekeeping—determining who's "in" and who's "out," what's worthy of attention and what's beneath notice, which interpretations are "correct" and which are "missing the point." Pop culture orthodoxy is maintained by critics, influencers, fan communities, and media institutions that police the boundaries of acceptable taste.

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