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“The fact of the matter is, there exist
mainstream movies that are just as capable as their indie counterparts
of social criticism and intellectual stimulation. In fact, mainstream
movies are better at these things sometimes because indie films
can get so caught up in their own cleverness and ingenuity that
they forget about the viewer’s needs entirely.”
- ara23
"I have
long wondered why social protest art is often so dull, uninspiring
and boring; I have long wondered why mainstream media needs to be
so vapid, meaningless and mind-numbing. Perhaps through further
criticism and exploration like the ones we read this week, we can
find a way to make both types of art 'better' in the areas they
are lacking, and in doing, help recreate the way we envision our
world."
- delohery
"To recognize
that my struggles with my own identity as a feminist and a pop-culture/mass-culture
consumer are, in fact, integral to many feminist reworkings on how
to thrive in the world we are up against spurs in me a new defiance,
determination and sense of community. I find legitimacy and purpose,
then, in my guilt, ambiguity and contradictions and my explorations
of them, as I can locate myself here on the 'edge, where critique
and participation meet.'"
- delohery
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