Post by moviemouth on May 21, 2017 20:40:27 GMT
2. You want art to treat people like mindless children who need to be instructed by those who are wiser than them and know better. The art you are whining about is for adults who are intelligent enough to draw conclusions on their own. It respects our intelligence rather than talking down to us.
3. Most of the art you are whining about presupposes at least minimal commonality between artist and viewer regarding moral values, so that a skilled artist wishing to support a particular view can do so merely by presenting situations without obvious comment, with the expectation that an intelligent viewer will draw the desired conclusion, assuming there is one to draw. I'm reminded of the way Wittgenstein taught physics to children when he was a teacher--instead of having them mindlessly memorize formulas and laws handed to them from on high, he would point out crucial observations and get them to tease out the conclusions themselves in much the way scientists discovered the laws themselves.
4. Real life contains many situations of deep ethical complexity where there is no obvious right ethical position, but a variety of stances with their own merits. Art which addresses this complexity and allows the viewer to draw his or her own conclusion rather than lecturing them makes the viewer wiser, and thus enriches society.