[lbo-talk] why movies suck

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Nov 17 14:06:39 PST 2009


On Nov 17, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> It's essence is that one shows superiority to the vulgar mob by what
> one can superciliously sneer at rather than by what one finds
> admirable.
> The prbolem with the latter is aby approving of any new poem,
> building,
> or musical composition one becomes vulnerable to the sneers of others
> with even higher standards. It is sort of a race to find more things
> to
> sneer at than your slightly less agile neighbor.

By the way, Carrol, how many of those movies have you seen? Of course you probably won't answer, but I thought it was worth a try anyway.

Oh, and you don't think that profit maximization has any deleterious effects on culture? Or does your usual railing about rampant barbarism exempt culture from its critique?

Doug



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