art vs propaganda

[Bethany Keeley <blk4 at calvin_edu>]

hoopyfrood at juno_com wrote:

> several have said things like:
> >>>propaganda . . . If it gets too didactic it isn't art as much as preaching
>
> and:
> >>> Art is something shaped in such a way that, while having a message, (it usually can't help but) is more about making us think for ourselves so we can
> draw our own conclusions, albeit a gentle steering to them conclusions works I think if done right.
>
> Which are from Kevin, bur could have been from elsewhere.
>
> Does this mean that Oedipus is a bad play?
>
> How about Romeo?
>

what do you mean?  Are you suggesting that they are mostly point?  I think what makes good art is that there's a point, but it's not the only thing.  It's a
story, or a song or a picture and there is some value to it besides the themes.  If we wanted a warning against feuding we could just say "hey!  Don't be
feuding.  Your kids could fall in love and then kill themselves or something" we don't need a play for that.  But the story itself is what the play is for,
and the greatest value in it.

rambling early in the morning and hoping it made sense....
Bethany

np ASW


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• Re:Over-The-Rhine Digest V3 #1175
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