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In Reply to: Re: Evidently You Think That....... posted by RGA on January 13, 2006 at 16:13:44:
Your thoughts are generally resonant, but I find one of your
statements problematic. You said, "Great drama can be re-viewed
and is a cathartic experience -- comedy or horror generally is not."I believe this is semantic due to phrasing. Statement seems to imply
drama does not follow general distributions similar to other genres,
i.e., excellent,good,fair,poor,etc. However, if you believe that
great comedy or horror is non-existent or cannot evoke catharsis, then I'd have to disagree. I think comedy, horror also
have excellent representatives, though likely less in number than
drama for reasons you have stated.My assertion here is that excellent films, regardless of genre, have
capacities to evoke deep catharsis, with lesser quality films providing varying reduced degrees of cathartic release.Consider what I believe a good representative of the oft lowly-
thought-of sci-fi genre, E.T. The Extraterrestrial. That film ,
especially when first viewed, but also upon subsequent viewings,
evoked a number of deep emotions in me: wonder,awe,laughter,sadness,
empathy,anger,etc. IOW, the film genuinely moved me and I found
those viewing experiences extremely enjoyable, cathartic and of
generally high value.As you said, emotion first, intellect second. And as a corollary,
quality before categorization. ~AH
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Follow Ups
- Re: Evidently You Think That....... - AudioHead 06:59:05 01/16/06 (2)
- Re: Evidently You Think That....... - RGA 18:14:06 01/16/06 (1)
- Funny You Should Mention ..... - AudioHead 06:33:12 01/17/06 (0)
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