Edgy

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"Edgy" is a word I often hear.  It seems to apply to movies,  television shows, fashion, haircuts, and anything style related.  Often, 'edgy' seems to be the goal.  We are in a time of   'edginess'.  

 But honestly,  I don't get it.   As I ponder the question, I have to ask myself what is the opposite?  Is it by chance 'wholesome'?  Or perhaps 'homespun'.  Or maybe ordinary?  What exactly is it over/against?  Definitely, sentimentality.  It is certainly as far as one can get from the Father Knows Best and Brady Bunch shows of the 1950's.  Maybe being 'edgy' is a rebellious reaction to being 'straight'....as in walking the straight and narrow.   Edginess certainly desires to push the boundaries of: modesty,  courtesy,  civility.   It almost always involves being sexually explicit.  Innuendo is from a bygone era!

You could not pay me to watch it, but I see in the TV guide that Fear Factor is back on television, and this time, it is much more gross.  Recently I watched a Netflix movie that I thought I would enjoy.  I like to see a good chick flick from time to time.  This one was supposed to be a laugh out loud comedy.  I was quite disappointed.  I am certainly not a prude, especially not when it comes to movies.  But that one was just gratuitously gross!  It almost seemed like the movie maker was trying to out-gross gross guy movies.

As an observer of culture,  it seems to me that edgy might be a good word to describe the first decade of the twenty first century.  Unfortunately.