Photo-Illustration: Vulture There was a point in the 1990s when diagnostic pop culture about the malaise of the American suburbs ruled the day: in radical television, à la The Sopranos and Freaks and Geeks ; novels, many of which were adapted for the screen, like Rick Moody’s The Ice Storm and Tom Perrotta’s Election ; films like American Beauty and entries from Todd Solondz’s oeuvre, featuring weirdos and misunderstood kids, like in his masterpiece, Welcome to the Dollhouse . This media seemed