Joanna
BklynMagus wrote:
>>How does schlocky sentimentality breed reactionary
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>politics (or vice versa)?
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>When it comes to aesthetic uses, sentimentality is
>usually a clear sign of a reactionary posture.
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>Rogders and Hart vs. Rodgers and Hammerstein
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>Leo McCarey vs. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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>Sentimentality is invoked with regard to what has
>been lost and which must be recovered and preserved.
>The object itself is obscured: what is highlighted
>is emotional wave of sentimentality that is alleged
>to be a marker of value. Examination and critique
>are unwanted and discouraged.
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>The reactionary impulse invokes sentimentality to
>bolster its legitimacy and power. How could anyone
>object to Mom and apple pie?
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>Brian
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