Let's dispense immediately with the notion that there is no better or worse in the arts. This is an idea that has seeped into popular discourse – from claims that there can be no determinations of qualitative differences between genre and literary fiction, to the suggestion that it's impossible make arguments about the moral infantilism of a superhero movie as compared to an action film from 1988 or an adventure film from 1956, because to do so means one "just doesn't get it" – and which seems to provide great comfort to people who don't care to actually think things through.
Lionheart Versus the Critics: "Theater of Blood"
Lionheart Versus the Critics: "Theater of…
Lionheart Versus the Critics: "Theater of Blood"
Let's dispense immediately with the notion that there is no better or worse in the arts. This is an idea that has seeped into popular discourse – from claims that there can be no determinations of qualitative differences between genre and literary fiction, to the suggestion that it's impossible make arguments about the moral infantilism of a superhero movie as compared to an action film from 1988 or an adventure film from 1956, because to do so means one "just doesn't get it" – and which seems to provide great comfort to people who don't care to actually think things through.