Re. Re. Dietary Fibre

[MalignD at aol.com]

> <<Look, there's no tautology, ok? Let me try illustrating what I meant with 
> another example.
> Sit an average ten year old down in front of 'Citizen Kane' and he'll 
> probably be bored. Does that make the film boring? No, it means the kid doesn't 
> (here comes the semantic bit: concentrate) appreciate the film.>>
> 
Does that make the film boring?   Yes.   It certainly does to the 
ten-year-olds you've chosen as examples.

Boredom isn't "inherent" in the film, to use a word you like; it's in the 
mind of the viewer.

What if, instead of a ten-year-old, your viewer is Andrew Sarris or Roman 
Polanski or Fassbinder and they're bored?   Would the movie be boring then?   
Probably to you it would be.




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