Sunday, July 27, 2008

Get Some Culture

“The Dark Knight” has really got people talking. How can a movie with such dark and relevant themes also be a big popcorn movie that broke every moneymaking record?

Today’s LA Times Calendar section features a really awesome article by Scott Timberg titled either, “Highbrow. Lowbrow. No brow. Now what?” (in print) or “High culture meets low culture in a mass-media world” (online). The article examines the dissolution of the old high culture, masscult and midcult hierarchy has broken down and what this might mean for our society. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

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