Building on @aoscott's piece, might be worth making a distinction between elitism and snobbery.
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@HeerJeet "Art is not a democracy."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Often "bad art" is defined as "art that is liked by social inferiors."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Film is so accessible & universal an art form that both elitism & snobbery seem wrong, seem to go against very strengths of the form.
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It's an insidious achievement of American populism to conflate snobbery with elitism, social pretentiousness with love of excellence.
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@HeerJeet Elitists, alas, often mistakenly call themselves "snobs." SNOB is an insult, akin to "social climber."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Many "elitists" conflate "good art" with the art preferred by their social class.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Elitism and snobbery often go hand in hand - not sure you can neatly separate them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Ability to recognize & praise good art.(?) "Such once were critics, such the happy few Athens and Rome in better ages knew"--PopeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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