Don't you think that the 'political elite' play off the masses and the educated, artsy liberals against each other anyway? I think you've maybe spoken about this sort of thing before.
Another view of this, for instance, is that expressed by Kurt Vonnegut in Breakfast of Champions, that modern art is a conspiracy between the bourgeoisie and the art world to make poor people feel stupid.
This in distintion to the pact (unknowing on the part of the former, in many ways) between the masses and the political elite.
By the way, have you seen Nakata Hideo's Dark Water? I wondered how you thought it compared to the 'Ringu Cycle'. Personally I love Nakata's style. He has rescued horror from mere gore and returned it to genuine chill.
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Date: 2005-08-26 01:47 pm (UTC)Another view of this, for instance, is that expressed by Kurt Vonnegut in Breakfast of Champions, that modern art is a conspiracy between the bourgeoisie and the art world to make poor people feel stupid.
This in distintion to the pact (unknowing on the part of the former, in many ways) between the masses and the political elite.
By the way, have you seen Nakata Hideo's Dark Water? I wondered how you thought it compared to the 'Ringu Cycle'. Personally I love Nakata's style. He has rescued horror from mere gore and returned it to genuine chill.