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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Feb 2021

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Rob Palk

      One of my genuinely conservative beliefs is that it's important to acquire a taste for art created before you were born.https://twitter.com/robpalkwriter/status/1361640883741986817 …

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      Rob Palk @robpalkwriter
      do any of you have cut off dates like this? No books before 1980 etc? pic.twitter.com/0fJ11GfZiq
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Feb 2021

      To be clear, I don't want to mock people who don't like old movies, old books, old music etc. I understand where they are coming from . Anything old requires work to appreciate. I just insist that the rewards for doing that work are immense & people should be encouraged to do it

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        2. Dan Goldberg‏ @goldberg_dan 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Imagine refusing to watch Dr Strangelove because it’s black and white!! Or Bridge on the River Kwai because it’s old. “Madness!”

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        3. Joseph Donahue‏ @ChessboardAbs 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @goldberg_dan @HeerJeet

          I once had a friend nearly refuse to watch African Queen with me because it was black and white... Fortunately, I talked him into it and he was eventually forced to apologize, lol

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        1. Joseph Donahue‏ @ChessboardAbs 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Playing any instrument tends to do this. My musical taste is ALL OVER THE PLACE.

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        1. Wonk Footie  ⚽️ 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇸‏ @Gallegoscot 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Example, I first saw Citizen Kane when I was a teen, hated it. But I continued to watch old movies and love them. When I saw it again in a limited release in my 20s, I had seen enough movies before and after it to really appreciate how revolutionary it really was and loved it.

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        2. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I agree, but also find the Citizen Kane example weird. I actually watched it for the fist time a few years ago and thought it was extremely accessible! (And I am not a film buff at all.)

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @mckaycoppins

          It's true. It's not one of the old movies where you have to make an effort.

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        1. Jon kelvey‏Verified account @JonKelvey 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          There's a certain cultural fluency is that is lost if you don't haven't at least taken in a good cross-decade smattering of works of art. You don't have to like them, but it's good to know what they are and how they are.

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        2. Daniel Walters‏ @danielwinlander 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          The best part of reading, like, Tolstoy is seeing just how similar humans were 6,000 miles away and 150 years earlier.

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        3. Rizzle‏ @RyyyBailey 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @danielwinlander @HeerJeet

          Exactly. Reading classic literature provides excellent insight into the universality of human emotions. Conversely, it helps you appreciate the peculiar cultural disguises and forms these universal emotions adopt through time. It’s very fruitful.

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        1. Steve Holmes‏ @BottyGuy 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I watch and enjoy old movies, Citizen Kane is not one of them. I’ve tried several times and I don’t understand why other people like it.

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