>
> And then there are non-artistic considerations that
> are also of
> interest to some cinephiles, ideology for example or
> racial or sexual
> portrayals. These issues are of interest to me for
> personal reasons
> (such as my cross-cultural background, my gay
> brother, my non-white
> significant other)and come into play when I see
> movies. But I do
> believe that the greatest artworks transcend these
> issues which exist
> as subsidiary elements in the larger work.
>
I'm not entirely sure that's true. Our tastes aren't
acquired in a vaccum. And art isn't unsullied by
ideology.
Ever.
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