Today I saw someone disparage Citizen Kane by saying something like "It's about an old guy who took over an industry. Like we need more of those stories." And I honestly DGAF if you like CK or not but this seems such a surface level, reductive way of thinking about art to me.
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To dismiss it as just another movie about a powerful old white guy or whatever is to mistake plot for theme, meaning, significance, substance, art.
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Reminds me of Ted Rall’s “obituary” for Ebert, which included a story about how he outdebated Ebert by saying Kane is boring.
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