Via Salon.com: The Oscars and awards-season devalue and pervert art: ‘ “Boyhood” or “Birdman”? Beck or Beyoncé? Who cares. We must stop turning creativity into another dumb competition…’
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“I am the world crier, & this is my dangerous career… I am the one to call your bluff, & this is my climate.” —Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
Allan Bloom once wrote that after people mounted and won the free speech movement at UC Berkley, they had nothing to say. Talk about much ado about nothing. Red carpet drivel is meaningless. The ability of the average American for critical thinking skills is very low on a 10 point scale. What fascinates them is generally vapid and unsubstantial. How else can we explain the incredible success of FOX News ( news, really?)?
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