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Old 02-22-2009, 05:52 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I consider myself to be somewhat of an elitist in that I have high standards for myself and appreciate the camaraderie to be had with people who have similar standards. It doesn't mean that I expect to lord it over people indiscriminately or as a means of self-validation.

So in my estimation elitism isn't necessarily a bad thing.

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In that light, I'm not sure what art-snob elitism has to do with this thread.

This thread was about the quality if creative content and how the deluge of poor quality creative content makes it difficult for those with actual talent to have a place to be noticed simply because those with the distribution power find it more profitable to market cheap product.

You work in television if I remember correctly. I'm sure that there are a lot of shows that don't make it on the air. There must be some level of quality control or is the selection of programming random with no regard to quality content?
Pertaining to the bolded part, to my knowledge there has only been one time in American history where superior talent and mass distribution merged to become a popular and profitable enterprise and that is in the production of jazz music from about the years 1935 through 1965. Otherwise, it's always been this way.
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