Except a "master class" is usually only given to students that are already well into the introductory-- and often advanced-- stages of learning a craft. And tha

Except a "master class" is usually only given to students that are already well into the introductory-- and often advanced-- stages of learning a craft. And that's not even getting into the structure of how such courses usually function & engage with the students. People don't have to want to be "masters" in order to be interested in this sort of content, but calling them "master classes" rather waters down the definition quite a bit when someone with an interest but no experience in cinematography now goes around saying with smug pride, "I took a master class with Martin Scorsese". Language changes and the meaning of words & phrases change, sure. But I guess what I don't like is the deliberate manipulation of language to co-opt it for marketing & profiting contrary to what the current use of the language actually means.