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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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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Me, I don't particularly care about whether art is politically useful (Brecht sure as hell didn't actually succeed at preventing the Nazis or the Holocaust) But I like the meta stuff reminding me everything I'm investing in is imaginary and fake because, well, it's true
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