I was replying to you yesterday when my LJ died. So the fabulous reply I wrote yesterday evaporated and I'm sure this one will be a poor imitation. ;)
For starters, you can always rant in my LJ, and you know that. Really, truly. :)
I am really saddened by the notion that - someone else's glee/happiness/enthusiasm somehow damages my own. That would reflect badly on me as a person I think.
You've said exactly what I believe here, and I thank you for being so succinct. And you're not alone - I've been feeling frustrated about this issue and it all just exploded. Similiarly the snobbishness, condescension and elitism bug me, too. If you enjoy something, why should anyone have to make excuses for it? What's the point in saying that XX isn't great literature or even great children's literature - isn't it enough that it was fun and enjoyable? I'm glad for anything that whisks me away from my every day world and absorbs my attention and makes me feel. Isn't that at least some of what art should do?
And I do love what you wrote in your follow-up post. Thanks for writing it. :)
For starters, you can always rant in my LJ, and you know that. Really, truly. :)
I am really saddened by the notion that - someone else's glee/happiness/enthusiasm somehow damages my own. That would reflect badly on me as a person I think.
You've said exactly what I believe here, and I thank you for being so succinct. And you're not alone - I've been feeling frustrated about this issue and it all just exploded. Similiarly the snobbishness, condescension and elitism bug me, too. If you enjoy something, why should anyone have to make excuses for it? What's the point in saying that XX isn't great literature or even great children's literature - isn't it enough that it was fun and enjoyable? I'm glad for anything that whisks me away from my every day world and absorbs my attention and makes me feel. Isn't that at least some of what art should do?
And I do love what you wrote in your follow-up post. Thanks for writing it. :)
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