attending to audiences (was Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Dull, dull, dull (was ...))

[Shane Taylor]

kelley wrote:
> There's a rhetorician on pulp culture, George Trail,
> who used to say that artists despise their audience.
> Having lived with and worked with artists, I have to
> agree.
>
> The problem with not thinking _reflectively_ about
> our own prejudices is that the discourse _naturalizes_
> those prejudices and reproduces systems of privilege
> that buttress class exploitation and oppression.

I think what George Trail says is certainly true of most reality TV
shows.  Ditto talk head duels.  But perhaps this is more a matter of
etiquette than empathy.  My point: if we ignore our style, the public
will ignore our substance.

Besides, you're an example of how lefty discourse can be anything dull.

-- Shane

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