Are you saying an axis with Roy Orbison at the top is Evil?
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 27, 2008 5:38:23 am PDT #4754 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Frankenbuddha - Mar 27, 2008 5:43:03 am PDT #4755 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Are you saying an axis with Roy Orbison at the top is Evil?
No, just making a lame joke about the Axis powers (circa WWII). I think I managed to block Shrub's invocation of "axis" temporarily.
Steph L. - Mar 27, 2008 6:32:28 am PDT #4756 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
one of the factors that hasn't been mentioned yet is the crucial question of *Who* Is Entitled To Define Art, And Why.
Everyone. That's why this is one of my favorite bullshit topics.
Yes, but not everyone agrees that Everyone is entitled to define art. Many people, in fact, don't think that Everyone is entitled to define art; they think that only *they* (and the people who agree with them) are entitled to define art, and the rest of Everyone (i.e., who don't agree with them) are ignant plebians.
§ ita § - Mar 27, 2008 6:38:19 am PDT #4757 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Absolutely. It is clear that Precious Moments devotees don't define art.
Fred Pete - Mar 27, 2008 9:20:17 am PDT #4758 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'd calll Precious Moments figurines "art" by the definition I tossed out a couple days ago. They're definitely created for a non-functional purpose.
But my definition is decidedly intent-based, very broad, and definitely allows for "bad art."
Volans - Mar 27, 2008 10:57:10 am PDT #4759 of 10000
move out and draw fire
You know, when you are 500+ posts behind in Movies, it's probably best to just give up.
And, as in all things, I am the One True Authority on What Is Art? (Which does include many functional things, but not Precious Moments).
Laga - Mar 27, 2008 11:00:16 am PDT #4760 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm so glad to hear I was defining art too broadly. What about Thomas Kinkade?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 27, 2008 11:00:22 am PDT #4761 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I am the One True Authority on What Is Art?
Skippers/skimmers don't get to decide. Neener.
Laga - Mar 27, 2008 11:08:13 am PDT #4762 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Was the guy even looking at the painting he allegedly painted when he wrote this description?
quaint hansom cabs convey tourists to and fro, and crowds of shoppers and celebrants fill the streets.
OK lots of people don't know what a hansom cab is but I looked and looked and I only see one carriage.
Volans - Mar 27, 2008 11:23:21 am PDT #4763 of 10000
move out and draw fire
What about Thomas Kinkade?
Not Art.
Also Bush's favorite painting? Real borderline, tending towards Not Art.
Skippity/Skimming? Art.