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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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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weirdly i think this is part of why i've surprisingly found myself being ride-or-die for pro wrestling Barthes himfuckingself called it a "spectacle of excess" with an approving smile; it wears its falsehood proudly, and asks you to believe anyway in the same breath
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