During a museum tour the guide explains, "Here you can see the statue of Minerva…". "Excuse me, madam," a visitor interjects. "Who is that man behind her? Is he her husband?" "No, Minerva wasn’t married: She was the goddess of wisdom."
I dunno -- is there ever "kitsch" in the actual era? I mean, what we consider kitschy from back then was really just normal, maybe fashionable, maybe novelty, but not kitsch. Now those same things are kitsch.
Of course, in 2007, there are new things designed to be self-consciously kitschy, but mostly by looking backward . . .
What acm said. Really, both diagrams should be identical. Things that were perfectly reasonable in my childhood, I am distressed to learn are "kitsch" today. You young whippersnappers!
This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others.
I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math.
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Is it weird that i love your brain? Sorry about that.
That is so true! And I love kitch, btw :)
Funny, I didn't know that you use that word, too. Maybe there's no appropriate translation.
The key is backwards. (kitsch > culture at all times)
During a museum tour the guide explains, "Here you can see the statue of Minerva…".
"Excuse me, madam," a visitor interjects. "Who is that man behind her? Is he her husband?"
"No, Minerva wasn’t married: She was the goddess of wisdom."
i really have to appreciate your creative work
Er...I transposed the dates. Which led to my earlier comment.
Sorry about that.
I dunno -- is there ever "kitsch" in the actual era? I mean, what we consider kitschy from back then was really just normal, maybe fashionable, maybe novelty, but not kitsch. Now those same things are kitsch.
Of course, in 2007, there are new things designed to be self-consciously kitschy, but mostly by looking backward . . .
What acm said. Really, both diagrams should be identical. Things that were perfectly reasonable in my childhood, I am distressed to learn are "kitsch" today. You young whippersnappers!
I need quite a bit more culture myself perhaps. I didn't get this one, sadly.
I am not sure whether to be happy or sad. Were we better off in 1930?
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