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Agree. People don't go into The Sound of Music expecting realism, they are expecting escapism. I would go a step further and say this is like writing a review
by optimuspaul 10y ago
Agree.
People don't go into The Sound of Music expecting realism, they are expecting escapism.
I would go a step further and say this is like writing a review of Schindlers List and saying you don't like it because it didn't have any singing and dancing. It is what it is and it's not fair to apply a critique to it that doesn't fit what it is.
- eropple 10y agoYou are correct in that people treat The Sound of Music as escapist media. I think there's a strong criticism to be made for media-as-escapism in pretty much any sphere, though. Escapism, especially the pervasive escapism available today, is...troubling.
- tptacek 10y agoPerhaps escapism in general is defensible --- people need to disconnect and recharge to maintain resistance --- but even if you value escapism, there's something to be said about rewriting relevant, recent history to provide it.
- eropple 10y agoYeah, I'll give you that. I was leaning more on the "pervasive" part.