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lil  ·  3367 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear Hubski, Is Art Subjective or Objective and how do we Determine Good Art?

In two weeks, I will be seeing three Shakespeare plays over two days. I want to be totally immersed in the play. I want it to take me unquestioningly into the stage world, and ideally for me also Shakespeare's world and also the shared experience with my fellow play-goers.

What I do not want to do is suddenly be asking, "What the fuck?" What's the director thinking? Why did they do that? Isn't there a better way to deliver those lines?

If I start asking questions during the play - that's a bad thing.

I would like to ask some questions after the play: How many layers of meaning are in those beautiful lines? What happened there that made me cry - how did they do it? Why is the villain the most charismatic character in this play... and questions like that.

What I am describing above is transferable to other art experiences like film, but perhaps not visual art.