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Anne Frank was a real person with a real story. It's not fiction. I think there is enough of that kind of anguish in the real world without inventing it. I'll
by davidw 2y ago
Anne Frank was a real person with a real story. It's not fiction. I think there is enough of that kind of anguish in the real world without inventing it.
I'll happily read essays or opinion pieces about bad things that can happen. I just don't like things like, say, Romeo and Juliet.
- FrustratedMonky 2y agoGood point The examples I picked weren't fiction. Which weakens the argument. But, not sure we can say they aren't 'Art'. How about 'Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. That is fiction, and painful. And is moving in a way that makes you want to maybe do something to improve the world. That was more what I was trying to get at. Art can't all just be angels playing harps.
- davidw 2y agoI didn't say anything about what art is; just that I don't want anything to do with depressing material when the real world contains plenty of depressing stuff.
- FrustratedMonky 2y ago"I don't want anything to do with" Sorry, thought we were discussing this article. But we're just discussing your feelings, which of course, you can feel anyway you like.