Quote Originally Posted by Jom View Post
According to whom? Popular culture is where many of the "classics" originated. And I do realize that this is not necessarily the case with "Modernist" art, but artistic expression before and after the "Modernist" period was often popular before it reached the status of canon. Some examples within the art forms are Chaucer, Shakespeare, Byron, Tennyson, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, etc. Thus, "popular culture" is more important than it may seem.
Chaucer, Shakespeare, Byron, Tennyson, Da Vinci, Michalangelo, etc. offered more to society than what most people watch and listen to today. Although each of their works (especially Shakespeare) provided some harmful effects to society, nothing is compared to the trash we see and hear today. Tell me this, how many individuals, who are engrossed in pop culture, can actually have a thoughtful discussion on what is happening in Ukraine?