It occurs to me now how similar this idea of artistic accessibility is to the way some call the ethical assertions of others “virtue signaling.” Taste, like ethics, is assumed to be pretense.
The only trouble I had here was your transfer of Berardi's connectivity/sensitivity pair from what I understood to be an interpersonal realm to the relationship between film and viewer. A "difficult film" may indeed have you ask questions about yourself, but it's not a two-way street, you're not in dialog with a thing that might change in response your interaction with it, as you yourself may indeed change.
At any rate, I loved the withering critique of Disney and Marvel movies, none of which, I am proud to say, I have ever seen or wanted to see, likely for precisely the reasons you so well describe here.
I took great pleasure in reading “Connectivity Error.” Your writing encourages questing and questions. Thank you kindly :)
The only trouble I had here was your transfer of Berardi's connectivity/sensitivity pair from what I understood to be an interpersonal realm to the relationship between film and viewer. A "difficult film" may indeed have you ask questions about yourself, but it's not a two-way street, you're not in dialog with a thing that might change in response your interaction with it, as you yourself may indeed change.
At any rate, I loved the withering critique of Disney and Marvel movies, none of which, I am proud to say, I have ever seen or wanted to see, likely for precisely the reasons you so well describe here.
LOVE your points about the culture of modern myths, eagerly waiting for your opinions on America as a mythos in an of itself :) Thanks for writing!