baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
There's kind of a problem re: how much negative stuff that happens is it OK to portray as art, film, whatever. Like no matter how 'powerful' a holocaust movie is, should I really be watching it? There's so much difference between watching a movie and the horror of the actual event that can't actually be summarised at all. How much do real events just get reduced by this and become some cultural object for consumption. "Oh I read such and such a story it was so moving" :slanted: I dunno. But then there's the other side which is - to what extent can you inflate stuff so much to the extent that it becomes something taboo - the holocaust happened, and people were involved - it wasn't some force of nature, you should be able to talk about it. I dunno.
depends if the art in question adds anything to your understanding (emotional or intellectual_ of the subject. 'Holocaust is bad' movies - so the fuck what? Didn't need to watch Schindler's List to know that! And besides, it's a bit pants (as is the Polanski one actually - laughable acting).
Whereas Shoah is probably somewhat akin to going through a terrible event (13 hours?), so would be more likely to produce some greater understanding (I got an hour through and was really fucking depressed, and films don't usually do that to me).
As you say, genuinely taboo subjects are worth investigating with art. And I find most people understand the contents of their own head far less than they understand the Holocaust...
Interesting subject though - I've spent periods thinking about it....and the above is my conclusion (possibly)!