Rebroadcast of Art, Entertainment and Spongebob Squarepants
This is a rebroadcast of my second most popular blogcast. From the blog;
My friend told me about some friends of hers who came to see her dance performance and were clearly pretty baffled by it. She didn’t take this personally because she understood that these friends of hers had no experience of contemporary dance or art in general.
What was ironic about these folks with no art experience was that they were convinced they were dedicated arts supporters. They went to tons of Broadway shows after all; They thought themselves very artistically literate. My friend tried to explain to them that Broadway wasn’t so much art as entertainment but they had no idea what she was talking about.
I think most Americans would have no idea what she was talking about. We conflate art and entertainment so dramatically that it is sometimes very hard to distinguish between the two. I have spent my entire life in the arts and am only now starting to work out the distinction. Art can be entertaining and entertainment can be artful but art and entertainment are not the same thing.
This was Episode 84
Song: Book of Poems - Old 97s
Next week - a rebroadcast of a less popular blogcast
To support this podcast:
Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!
Rate it wherever you listen or via: https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist
Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/
Like the blog/show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/
Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis
Or help me get to Crete on Kofi: http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis
or PayPal me: https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist
Join my Substack: https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/
Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd
Me on Mastodon - @erainbowd@podvibes.co
Me on Hive - @erainbowd
Tell a friend!
Listen to The Dragoning here (it's my audio drama) and support via Ko-fi here: https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompany
As ever, I am yours,
Emily Rainbow Davis