If his entire argument wasn't clearly ridiculous from word one, Stein would have entirely lost me at the point where he implied fucking Pixar movies are a silly thing for adults to watch. WHAT. And then again in the next sentence where he seems to imply the movies AS A FORM OF MEDIA "don’t require much of your brains" whereas "books are one of our few chances to learn."
What. WHAT. What.
Like you say, I get really annoyed at anyone who dismisses an entire medium or genre -- particularly when they use it to prop up another. As if there aren't "adult" books that are far more inane than your typical YA book. As if somehow one category is inherently better than the other. Bullshit.
And don't even get me started on the whole ~I don't watch TV~ thing. As someone who literally builds my life around TV, it just makes me roll my eyes. Like, what, I'm supposed to think you're cool for dismissing out of hand a medium that's in the middle of an incredible creative renaissance right now? I'm supposed to think you're somehow bettering yourself by purposefully missing out on some of the most expansive narratives, thoughtful small stories/episodes, hilarious comedies, and astounding performances that can be found in any medium, period? Yeah, no.
People are dumb, and snobbery makes me roll my eyes.
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If his entire argument wasn't clearly ridiculous from word one, Stein would have entirely lost me at the point where he implied fucking Pixar movies are a silly thing for adults to watch. WHAT. And then again in the next sentence where he seems to imply the movies AS A FORM OF MEDIA "don’t require much of your brains" whereas "books are one of our few chances to learn."
What. WHAT. What.
Like you say, I get really annoyed at anyone who dismisses an entire medium or genre -- particularly when they use it to prop up another. As if there aren't "adult" books that are far more inane than your typical YA book. As if somehow one category is inherently better than the other. Bullshit.
And don't even get me started on the whole ~I don't watch TV~ thing. As someone who literally builds my life around TV, it just makes me roll my eyes. Like, what, I'm supposed to think you're cool for dismissing out of hand a medium that's in the middle of an incredible creative renaissance right now? I'm supposed to think you're somehow bettering yourself by purposefully missing out on some of the most expansive narratives, thoughtful small stories/episodes, hilarious comedies, and astounding performances that can be found in any medium, period? Yeah, no.
People are dumb, and snobbery makes me roll my eyes.