> It's easy to miss that there was a lot of truly great art wrapped up with what we were taught was kitsch, camp, and schmaltz. I had a similar revelation seei

> It's easy to miss that there was a lot of truly great art wrapped up with what we were taught was kitsch, camp, and schmaltz. I had a similar revelation seeing Don Rickles perform about 12 years ago. I went to see Rickles with a friend, but my primary motivation was to feel superior by basking in the kitsch of a dinosaur comedian from my parents' generation. What I ended up seeing was a remarkably talented man who could sing, dance (in his 80s!), tell a joke, and hold the audience in the palm of his hand. * edit: I also love this song by Morricone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G54OHh8lib0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G54OHh8lib0