OK, ok, i get it. for my penance i'll watch tv for 5 hours and go to a movie complex 2 thumbs up blockbuster within the next 10 days. wc
--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Michael Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Michael Brady <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Definable and measurable truths > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 12:24 PM > On Feb 12, 2009, at 1:11 PM, William Conger wrote: > > > But I don't understand his habit of using > examples from popular culture to illustrate his reasoning. > There must be some unconscious effort on his part to be a > regular smart guy, one who seeks the validation of the > common man as a strange twist of the same idea that Miller > promotes when he proposes a common man museum filled by > stuff the common man likes. > > Yikes. Don't try to fathom my "unconscious" > reasons! Please. I can't even do that, and believe me, > as a cradle Catholic, I've had a lot of practice! > > I used examples from popular culture specifically to bring > things that haven't been sullied by the scurrilous > arty-elite you refer to and play with ... so Miller can get > the analogy. > > What good would it do to discuss the relative opacity or > transparency of "style" as it may frame our > perceptions by offering any WoA (except, perhaps realism and > realism) from the 20th century? My examples would be shot in > the crib by Miller, who would be off with blood lust looking > for other arguments to defeat, especially those straw men he > combats so lustily. > > Besides, what's wrong with TV and movies. They're > part of our vie moderne, and they have just what it takes to > make today's homes so different, so appealing! > > > > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > Michael Brady > [email protected]
