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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1341093" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>I never lament that I like something that's in poor taste.</p><p></p><p>If I like something, that's because it's good. It's got some value in it that I appreciate. I like Edgar Rice Burroughs, with all his faults, because he can write sentences like:</p><p></p><p>That pleases me and I recognize the literary value such writing possesses. It is less than Shakespeare, certainly, but it is not crap. It offers its own joys.</p><p></p><p>If people want to argue that ERB is a crappy writer, bring it on. I'll happily defend his value to all comers.</p><p></p><p>But I won't pretend that I like crap. I don't. I like good writing. Frequently I see value in works that are dismissed by others -- I don't care. I have my reasons and can defend my choices.</p><p></p><p>In another thread on a similar topic, I wrote: "Sometimes everybody else IS wrong. If you can't believe that, you're not capable of original thought."</p><p></p><p>Separating what you like from what you approve of only means you're not bothering to analyse your tastes. If you like something it must possess value, and I think it's interesting to investigate WHY we find value in things other people don't. They may be idiosyncratic reasons, they may reveal general truths about ourselves or our history, or they may uncover values many people share but have never acknowledged. Unless we investigate this stuff, we'll never know.</p><p></p><p>Okay, I'm ranting a lot here, aren't I?</p><p></p><p>Art really really really matters to me. Storytelling is the most important thing in my life -- even though I'm not super great at it. I think about this stuff a lot and obviously I have a lot to say about it. Sorry if I'm going on and on.</p><p></p><p>Feel free to slap me. Especially if you're Maggie Cheung. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1341093, member: 812"] I never lament that I like something that's in poor taste. If I like something, that's because it's good. It's got some value in it that I appreciate. I like Edgar Rice Burroughs, with all his faults, because he can write sentences like: That pleases me and I recognize the literary value such writing possesses. It is less than Shakespeare, certainly, but it is not crap. It offers its own joys. If people want to argue that ERB is a crappy writer, bring it on. I'll happily defend his value to all comers. But I won't pretend that I like crap. I don't. I like good writing. Frequently I see value in works that are dismissed by others -- I don't care. I have my reasons and can defend my choices. In another thread on a similar topic, I wrote: "Sometimes everybody else IS wrong. If you can't believe that, you're not capable of original thought." Separating what you like from what you approve of only means you're not bothering to analyse your tastes. If you like something it must possess value, and I think it's interesting to investigate WHY we find value in things other people don't. They may be idiosyncratic reasons, they may reveal general truths about ourselves or our history, or they may uncover values many people share but have never acknowledged. Unless we investigate this stuff, we'll never know. Okay, I'm ranting a lot here, aren't I? Art really really really matters to me. Storytelling is the most important thing in my life -- even though I'm not super great at it. I think about this stuff a lot and obviously I have a lot to say about it. Sorry if I'm going on and on. Feel free to slap me. Especially if you're Maggie Cheung. :D [/QUOTE]
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