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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@HeerJeet predates Nazis in pulp and movies -
@gtra1n As I said, has 19th century roots but took on new salience in 1930-1940s. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Also high culture's myriad links to robber baron capitalism, no?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Problem of how Nazism flourished amid European high culture excised many mid-century intellectuals like George Steiner.
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Intriguingly even Nabokov, than whose brow none was higher, was concerned with this problem. It is refracted through "Lolita"
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@HeerJeet how much of the High Art we regard as fundamental was created and nurtured in the Axis nations?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet historically speaking of courseThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Isn't this as much a nationalism thing as a 'high-culture' thing? Were there Debussy and Stravinsky loving Nazis?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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