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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Guardian 2000: [QB] Wow, I had no idea my "moron"ic jab would drive 'kmart' to the breaking point. What I find more disturbing, however, is that there is mention in the thread that he is a writer. Given that he is (A) ostensibly a Trek fan and (B) would delete such moments as "the line must be drawn here", Kirk's response to David's death, and basically any other display of human emotion, I think it likely that he would be hired instantly and adored by B&B. There is a place for any opinion, mind you. And if kmart's appreciation for films is based more on technical matters and a peculiar sense of drama that has sprung from that, then, well, whatever. I can't help but be reminded, though, of a music professor of my acquaintance (indirectly, through various students of his over the years). It is his position, held with dogmatic rigor, that the height of music has nothing to do with emotion or even audience enjoyment. The best music is that which is the most technically advanced, he believes . . . the series of notes and the transformations employed on them are the only things of consequence. We're not talking pop music vs. classical, even . . . old classical is crap to him, albeit historic crap. We're not even talking about the gimmicks of John Cage. I can barely describe what we are referring to, in fact. I have been played example pieces of music that he finds acceptable . . . they involve dissonant notes, often slowly played, that are approximately as moving as traffic noise. Hell, I once attended a performance of one of his compositions . . . though I've never been tempted to fall asleep at such a thing, and though I was seeing the girl who was playing and thus was inclined to pay attention, I was still moved . . . toward unconsciousness. It was when I was first exposed to this that I realized the vast discrepancy that can exist between what the common man (or even the less than common man) believes to constitute good ____, and what the overly technical and theoretical ____ elitist's tastes are. Best case scenario, that's the difference between kmart and everyone else. In reality, though, I figure he's just an idiot. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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