ignore the dumb teacher
watch the movie first—then watch the documentaries—then rewatch
i know of which i speak of :P
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ok long story short almost everyone in the humanities reads only criticism and ignores the source texts
this causes the primacy of critical garbage over art
so when people watch or read something they no longer try to see it for what it is (however impossible that might be)
instead they go to texts in order to “apply” a theory to it. apriori!
HORRIBLE
you’re too young to get damaged that way
feel art first, think about it later. aesthetics will always whoosh past the eggheads. but beauty is real.
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