She's pretty. But also full of stupid ideas. Boo, I say.
I haven't been to theme parks or on theme rides for at least three years I'm thinking. I just stopped caring about them, some time ago. Although I never was into thrill rides in the first place. I'd much rather take pictures of all the pretty sights!
i tried a big mac for the first time this year and i was so disappointed. i had such high hopes. that extra piece of bread adds nothing. it was so weirdly soft and flavorless. i've never been so betrayed in my life
Yes, I can scour the world of Jem and the Holograms for exceptions but why would I? I know they exist, they land on my door step sometimes, but life is too short to swim upstream for Jem and the Holograms. There's Jem and the Holograms everywhere.
One day I will write a thinkpiece about how hatred of the so-called "middlebrow" is the worst form of snobbery
Ehhhhhh. I do and don't agree.
It totally is.
People feel snobby being above the lowbrow and dumb being below the highbrow but they feel comfortable being above the middlebrow.
Which is wrong because everyone is middlebrow
The problem is, "middlebrow" can also refer to stuff that's superficially thinky but pandering and pretentious, which I think is entirely fair game. That said, it's a dubious shorthand.
First thing that immediately comes to mind is The Matrix, particularly from the second film onward
Lots of mythological mumbo jumbo and allusions to themes of religion and Man's relationship with its creations, but at its core, it's still just a set of movies carried by the fancy slow-mo action sequences.
The Matrix at least has the benefit of legitimately high aspirations and two interesting creative voices
If I were to single something out as "middlebrow" it'd be... nearly impossible because this shit is so thoroughly unremarkable. A Beautiful Mind, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The King's Speech, and Birdman strike me as good examples.
I feel like whether something is "intellectual" has more to do with what the author did to make it than what the audience gets out of it. Anything can "make you think" if you approach it from the right angle.
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Although the fucking things fall apart too easily
I can only have them every once in a while though
First thing that immediately comes to mind is The Matrix, particularly from the second film onward
Lots of mythological mumbo jumbo and allusions to themes of religion and Man's relationship with its creations, but at its core, it's still just a set of movies carried by the fancy slow-mo action sequences.
they are incredibly well-made and there's a lot to like, but the trilogy does try to give off a more intellectual vibe than it maybe needs to
Middlebrow: Beckett
Highbrow:Ayn Rand