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Originally Posted by demonrail666
The argument against that of course, at least in part, is found in the crash of the 1930s, when people didn't turn to culture that reflected their situation but rather that which offered them an escape from it: hence the lavish cinema spectacles churned out by Hollywood during that period.
That's cinema of course, which operates by a different set of rules to some of the other arts. Even so, the idea that impoverished conditions might lead to a more 'sincere' art strikes me as being hopeful at best.
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yes, but literature and even hollywood also represented everyday realities, and this was especially true for music of the period.