Basically is “entertainment” too widespread today, and if so does this mean it’s becoming diluted beyond any immediate repair? — I like sushi
Will comedians be driven into the ground by a stale and overly reactive audience? — I like sushi
Now this is something that I call the critical reviewer's disease.Due to the mass communications, we have today, are we losing something unique in how we use entertainment and how we create it? Will all music and film become one drab and repetitive scheme where small differences in the artistic endeavor are made out to be huge leaps when in fact they’re mind numbingly dull compared to bygone eras. — I like sushi
They are already adapting to their audience. People like stand up comedians get instant response from the crowd so they likely know the direction from where the wind is blowing.Will comedians be driven into the ground by a stale and overly reactive audience? — I like sushi
So I guess you haven't listened to country rap or hick hop as it's called. :razz:It appears to me that pop culture has been going through a dry spell lately too. In past decades we’ve had heavy metal, punk, reggae, rap, rave and the progression of various boy/girl bands. The only thing I’ve noticed over the past couple of decades to happen is the event of DJ culture ... but musically I cannot honestly say I’ve heard much that is distinct nor heard of anyone talking about a new type of music genre - in past decades they’ve been dry spell too and maybe my age is showing but I cannot think of anything equivalent arising like punk, rock, rap, or rave ... maybe we’re just not distanced enough from it yet? I would view the 90’s as being predominantly about rave/dance culture with a little of the Nirvana “Grunge” and a general appeal toward a more visual MTV popularity (where music videos became extensions of the actual music in an of itself). — I like sushi
Today ANYONE can produce art and put it into the public sphere whereas merely decades ago this wasn’t the case — I like sushi
Now this is something that I call the critical reviewer's disease. — ssu
See what I mean? — I like sushi
As for explosions of “art” in the past (the renaissance) these come about, seemingly to me, due to a kind of pressure being released and I’m wondering if there is a lack of constraint then “art” will suffer. — I like sushi
is it worth considering that we’ve now entered an age where entertainment has lost its vitality? — I like sushi
In society I believe that when people are restricted from expressing themselves then a certain force builds up - once freedom is given a new wave of creation explodes onto the cultural scene. — I like sushi
What makes me curious is whether or not we’ve now got too much freedom and the kind of tension we’ve had in previous generations is nowhere near as severe today. — I like sushi
So I think you are suggesting that BECAUSE lives were worse (more difficult, etc) in the past, art may have been inspired by these difficulties? — ZhouBoTong
Well, and if art/entertainment is as good as ever, what would any of that matter, anyway? — Terrapin Station
I’m asking if there is an excess that is possibly damaging; today especially. — I like sushi
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