In the theater, I saw people with their hands over their faces and wondered for a minute what was wrong with me.
I was one of those people at my theater, but I'm usually one of those people.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
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sj - Jul 14, 2014 8:22:34 am PDT #27309 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
shrift - Jul 14, 2014 8:49:33 am PDT #27310 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I was one of those people at my theater, but I'm usually one of those people.
Yeah, me too. If I think something may too much for me, I NOPE out pretty quickly.
Burrell - Jul 14, 2014 9:05:02 am PDT #27311 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
As another buffista who gets stressed out by too much gore, I want to thank everyone here for being so good as to confirm/reassure and not judge.
Burrell - Jul 14, 2014 9:05:04 am PDT #27312 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Steph L. - Jul 14, 2014 9:09:33 am PDT #27313 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
and not judge.
Oh, god yes, thanks for this. I've been told by a non-Buffista that I *must* endure works of fiction (books/films/TV) that are deeply upsetting to me, because Art. And something something "Art is supposed to destroy your complacency," something something "all you want is empty-headed pablum!"
I probably don't need to say that I avoid that person like the Black Death, huh? Sheesh.
Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2014 9:11:09 am PDT #27314 of 30000
brillig
Again looking for the Like button, Teppy.
sj - Jul 14, 2014 9:11:50 am PDT #27315 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I enjoy watching/reading things that disturb me, even if I occasionally have to cover my eyes, but I don't feel the need to convince others that they should enjoy that same things.
Steph L. - Jul 14, 2014 9:22:32 am PDT #27316 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh, I have no problem with people who enjoy things that disturb/challenge/whatever them. I actually do understand that that is one function of art, and it's cool that people embrace that to whatever degree they prefer.
My only problem is with blowhards who tell me I'm consuming media wrong and I must watch upsetting shit or else I'm an empty-headed fool.
Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2014 9:31:21 am PDT #27317 of 30000
brillig
I must watch upsetting shit or else I'm an empty-headed fool.
t still hunting for the Like button.
Raymond Chandler has an essay on "escapist" reading, summarized thus: "I hold no particular belief for the detective story as the ideal escape. I merely say that all reading for pleasure is escape, whether it be Greek, mathematics, astronomy, Benedetto Croce, or The Diary of the Forgotten Man. To say otherwise is to be an intellectual snob, and a juvenile at the art of living."
I figure the same can be extended to movies.
Zenkitty - Jul 14, 2014 9:33:17 am PDT #27318 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks, everyone. I'll save Snowpiercer for when I can watch it on my couch with a friend to hide behind. The Apes movie was already off my list, partly because Animals, and also partly because from what I can tell from the trailers those chimps aren't acting like chimps, they're acting like humans in chimp suits, and it bugs me.
I don't have any complacency or naiveté left for Art to shake me out of. I want Art and its disciples to leave me alone.