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Why is T.S Eliot so famous and respected? His poems are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

>> No.3202977
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Why is David Foster Wallace so famous and respected? His novels are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

>> No.3202979
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Why is J.R.R. Tolkien so famous and respected? His books are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

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Why is Sylvia Plath so famous and respected? Her poems are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

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Why is Periplaneta americana so famous and respected? His threads are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

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Why is Tao Lin so famous and respected? His books are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

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>>3202974
Why is :V so famous and respected? His :V are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

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Why is Dubman so famous and respected? His dubs are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

>> No.3203053

Why is Paulo Coelho so famous and respected? His books are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

>> No.3203068
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Why is primetime television so famous and respected? Its shows are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common readers, can possibly appreciate them.

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Why is George Lucas so famous and respected? His movies are extremely obscure, so that only academics, not common viewers, can possibly appreciate them.

>> No.3203082

Should i break this somewhat funny combo? Yes? No? Oh hell i'll do it anyway

>> No.3203107

Okay, look. I don't know if you get this, but what you're saying is condescending as fuck.
The notion that art has to be dumbed down to appeal to or be understood by the masses is pretty much the biggest driving factor in the dumbing down of art. Society will rise up to good art when it's the only stuff around.

>> No.3203142

> The notion that art has to be dumbed down to appeal to or be understood by the masses is pretty much the biggest driving factor in the dumbing down of art.

you don't say

>> No.3203149

This joke gets funnier every time you do, guy.

>> No.3203158

>>3202974
well, I suggest you not to read them!

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Why is Thomas Pynchon so famous and respected? His books are extremely obvious, so that only common viewers, not academics, can possibly appreciate them.

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>>3203200

>> No.3203289

If you have to know more languages than English to appreciate a certain writer's work, they are not an English writer but a Giant Pretentious Faggot Writer. If you want to quote something in another language, quote the English translation, you giddy little fucks.

>> No.3203419

>>3203107
>The notion that art has to be dumbed down to appeal to or be understood by the masses is pretty much the biggest driving factor in the dumbing down of art.
The notion that art must be reserverd to an elite is what actually kills art

>> No.3203433

>>3203419
The notion that science must be reserved to an elite is actually what kills science.

>> No.3203453

>>3203433
Yeah, how well is science doing now that the masses have their grubby hands on it?

>> No.3203459

>>3203419
The notion that elitism must be reserverd to an elite is what actually kills elitism

>> No.3203468

>>3203289
>implying translations do the original phrase justice

I bet you read poetry in translation too.

>> No.3205511

>>3203433
This is actually true. More people need to be interested in science

>> No.3205538

>>3205511
People need to learn how to do science before they start making scientific claims. Science isn't democratic.

>> No.3205552

>>3205538

>consensus isn't consensus

>> No.3205557

>>3205552
This may shock you, but scientific consensus is not the same as democracy.

>> No.3205559

>>3205557

Of course it is, fundamentally.