the end of A world, certainly
and he's not wrong
"cheer up, boomer, yes the culture you love is dying, but on the bright side it's being replaced by foreign people and strange random cultures you hate" is a very @reason takehttps://twitter.com/reason/status/1192833217973370886 …
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4/ Basically, I'm agreeing with Scorsese and disagreeing with
@nickgillespie and@reason and also the#pulprev crowd here - popularity is not the sole measure of artistic worth, and it can be noble to NOT write for the widest market. Reading Writing Down the Dragon recently >Show this thread -
5/ Filled me with even more respect for Tolkien than I already had. Dude didn't give a fig about popularity; he cared about making the most of his talents and his time on earth to craft the absolute best subcreation he could. That's why people will read Tolkien in 500 years >
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6/ And no one will remember the Avengers movies in 100. It's absolutely fine to bring momentary joy to folks by making popular entertainments. No shame at all in being a working man and cashing a check. But oh so much better to be a Tolkien.
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