If a character in a movie is shown to love high culture (abstract art, Beethoven), 94% likelihood they are evil (a Nazi or serial killer)
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Aristocrat villains were a mainstay of 19th century USA culture, helping to define national ID after revolution.
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But in 20th century issue took on real salience because of fact there were Bach & Wagner loving Nazis.
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@HeerJeet must at least go back through Huysmanns, Baudelaire, Poe ...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@heerjeet American culture loves wealth, but hates "decadence." High art is associated with that American minds. -
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@HeerJeet You can't have a wing-back chair in every shot.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet For someone like Allan Bloom, populist fear of high culture is natural outgrowth of democratic society: opposition to distinctionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet The turn away from high culture may also date to the era when lower classes were increasingly getting access to itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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