It's such an indie kid thing to do. This kid can only run his mouth about music and movies, so I started going on about the history of photography, you know, and added a snide, "Oh, you don't know what Edward Muybridge was famous for? Well, I thought you would have. No, it's a COMPLIMENT."
Knowledge is power. But how we share knowledge can be very disempowering. To privilege one movie's import over that of another is dangerous territory. Canons are reinforced, even outside the mainstream, every time someone says, "You haven't seen The Big Lebowski? But you'd like it!"
People aren't often concerned whether or not we like it, only that we know we should. (Obviously it's not true everytime; tone and the delivery of the "compliment" is what makes it clear.)
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Date: 2009-10-30 12:41 pm (UTC)Knowledge is power. But how we share knowledge can be very disempowering. To privilege one movie's import over that of another is dangerous territory. Canons are reinforced, even outside the mainstream, every time someone says, "You haven't seen The Big Lebowski? But you'd like it!"
People aren't often concerned whether or not we like it, only that we know we should. (Obviously it's not true everytime; tone and the delivery of the "compliment" is what makes it clear.)