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- So, what would be the opening paragraph? - I thought we'd recall some unsavoury history and reshame that person, but clouding our own superiority complex wit
by tgv 5y ago
- So, what would be the opening paragraph?
- I thought we'd recall some unsavoury history and reshame that person, but clouding our own superiority complex with philosophical sounding objectivity.
- Yeah, that'll keep 'm hooked.
- AndyMcConachie 5y agoThe New Yorker is itself part of this Complex the author talks about yet attempts to speak objectively about this Industrial Shaming Complex. It belies a complete lack of recognition that outlets like The New Yorker may be part of the phenomenom being discussed. The New Yorker isn't some neighborhood zine, it's a prime mover in American highbrow discourse. I have the same problem with any articles about 'The Media' written in a popular medium. At least recognize the difficulty of objectivity and your role in the subject being discussed.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agohttps://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-middlebrow https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-middlebrow >Both Harper’s and The New Yorker have often been viewed as prime examples of the middlebrow: both magazines are devoted to the high but also to making it accessible to many