Great eras are often marked by a famous adage. For the Enlightenment Era, just after the Renaissance swept Europe, it was the axiom coined by Descartes: “Cogito, ergo sum” (“I think, therefore I am.”)
For the McConaissance, a period of rebirth for actor Matthew McConaughey, it was a more casual mantra: “Alright, alright, alright.”
McConaughey recited those three words in his acceptance speech at the 2014 Academy Awards for winning Best Actor. It marked the height of the McConaissance, with the actor appearing in critically-acclaimed projects such as “True Detective” and “Dallas Buyers Club,” the latter of which won him the Oscar.