Especially applicable to
movies. Many people assume that
popular movies cannot be good, because somehow they have been cheapened by all the constraints of
Hollywood production. In their minds, only the small/
independent films can have content that is of value.
I've reconciled this notion with the theory that popular movies can '
summon' already existing content. For example,
American Beauty was based around rolling with the punches and not getting so worked up over everything. That's a
philosophy that has always existed, the movie just brought attention to it. Just because American Beauty won the
Oscar doesn't make a loose life style any less valid.