this thread is funny because I both highkey agree with a lot of what it's saying, but also, enjoy misery when it's what I know I'm signing up for; a lot of the most emotionally satisfying media I've ever consumed has been absolutely harrowing.https://twitter.com/clairewillett/status/1281339393500835840 …
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This idea that if you're actually satisfied and happy after watching the play, "I'm so happy this completely imaginary person achieved his imaginary goals", then you're less likely to get off your ass and do something to change the world than you were before
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Catharsis as the opiate of the masses He was big on the idea of the play constantly reminding you that it's not real and that it's only referring to things bigger and more important than it is (the "distancing effect")
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Yeah, and frankly screw revolutionary art I just wanna fcking feel something. I wanna fcking relate to the miserable characters on screen But I don't get to have that. Lesbian and trans representation is disposable in the pursuit of purity
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*my* emotions are fake, hysterical, not polished and refined and Intellectual
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