quoted 7 lines Advertisments are more honost than film, television or music. They are a
> > Advertisments are more honost than film, television or music. They are a
> > refined art brut movement that is far more significant and complex in
> > social impact than film is today...
>
> Hmmm....you think a Cheerio's commercial is more significant and complex
> in social impact than Schindler's List? JFK? Natural Born Killers? I
> think the problem is you're seeing the wrong films.
i think the significance and complexity of commercials arises out of
their widespread distribution...i would guess that more people watch tv
than go to the movies...i would also guess that the tv watching
population is more diverse than that of the movie-goers...the entire
family [from infants to adults to seniors] will throw themselves at the
mercy of the "boob tube" on any given evening to watch a horrible string
of sitcoms, but i doubt you would see the entire family in the theater
to see "natural born killers"...it's that far-reaching,
non-discriminatory aspect of commercials that makes them so "significant
and complex"...now, tying this all back into idm, would it not then be
the case that electronica-backed adverts would be more successful[?] at
bringing "intelligent dance music" into the homes of the commoners than
films with soundtracks heavy on the dance music [ofcourse, the fact that
you can buy a soundtrack to a movie, but not a commercial, does throw
this off a bit]? and furthermore, is this really desirable [though we've
discussed this ad nauseum recently, i thought it was appropriate to
throw it in here]?
just some thoughts,
jamesbt
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