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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Oct 3, 2018 22:35:13 GMT -5
...I mean, we teach it as high class culture nowadays, but Shakespeare literally wrote his stuff to appeal to the lowest common denominator of his time. Hell, he came up with the first recorded "yo mama" joke in history. In his time, Shakespeare was like The Simpsons or Family Guy. I think my comment should be taken literally. For all the cultural and aesthetic weight that we give to Shakespeare today as an signifier of high art or high culture, he was, in fact, the Cardi B of his time. Then again, I don't find the question 'is this art?' to be that interesting (or find it to be too 20th Century). We're 100 years past Duchamp's "Fountain," anything and everything can be art, but also non-art (if not both at the same time). Sorry, didn't know if it was sarcasm or legit. You can never tell on the Internet.
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Oct 3, 2018 22:36:55 GMT -5
I think my comment should be taken literally. For all the cultural and aesthetic weight that we give to Shakespeare today as an signifier of high art or high culture, he was, in fact, the Cardi B of his time. Then again, I don't find the question 'is this art?' to be that interesting (or find it to be too 20th Century). We're 100 years past Duchamp's "Fountain," anything and everything can be art, but also non-art (if not both at the same time). Sorry, didn't know if it was sarcasm or legit. You can never tell on the Internet. Hey, no worries, my original comment was open-ended enough that it could be taken however (and still works)!
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