Quick! Give me some examples of things that we now consider Culture but were pop culture in their time. I've got Dickens... and am drawing a blank. Ballet? Bonus points for photographers. Yes, I'm having an argument on OKC with someone who informed me in a message that "pop culture makes him want to vomit." God save me from pretentious ar-teest types.
Mal: Inara, think you could stoop to being on my arm? Inara: Will you wash it first?
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
smonster - Jun 18, 2012 3:24:52 pm PDT #10252 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Tom Scola - Jun 18, 2012 3:28:22 pm PDT #10253 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Film Noir.
Amy - Jun 18, 2012 3:28:25 pm PDT #10254 of 30001
Because books.
Not just ballet but a lot of theater, if I remember correctly, smonster.
aurelia - Jun 18, 2012 3:29:37 pm PDT #10255 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Shakespeare.
javachik - Jun 18, 2012 3:30:11 pm PDT #10256 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Yup, pretty much all theatre was pop-culture, back in the day.
DavidS - Jun 18, 2012 3:31:04 pm PDT #10257 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Rock music.
Jazz too.
tommyrot - Jun 18, 2012 3:31:44 pm PDT #10258 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Shakespeare.
Yep. And Shakespeare was still pop culture in the US in the 1800s.
smonster - Jun 18, 2012 3:33:16 pm PDT #10259 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ta, duckies! He says he doesn't like anything with "commercial or superficial intent." Oh fucking really? That's a broad damn brush.
aurelia - Jun 18, 2012 3:34:25 pm PDT #10260 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
He says he doesn't like anything with "commercial or superficial intent."
Again I say... Shakespeare.
Amy - Jun 18, 2012 3:34:41 pm PDT #10261 of 30001
Because books.
I would have thought I'd say Hemsworth, but choosing between these two was harder than I thought.
Rock music.
Do people really consider that Culture now? I don't think so.