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Depends on what you mean by knowledge and what you mean by enjoy. I have to know how to read in order to… you know, read. But I wouldn’t have to know medieval history enjoy the Canturbury Tales. It would enhance…
My bad. I thought it was in written in Modern English back in the Middle Ages and then translated into Middle English … I know that very well. The fact is that’s not how people typically read it for the first time. My point is that people don’t need a background in medieval history to find tree-sex and poop jokes funny. As a statement of fact, people don’t expect you to learn middle english in order to read the Canterbury Tales in the first place. I’m not seeing what it has to do with supporting the idea that ”In no other field are there people who want a product that requires no knowledge of the field whatsoever to enjoy.” Independant of any artist is in particular, I take exception to that original statement. How about this, is Jane Austen incomprehensible without knowledge of primogeniture? Better? Whether you think contemporary art is too complicated or not, that cross don’t fit. In other fields there are products that require no knowledge of the field whatsoever to enjoy. Pretty much all the fields. And lots of products.
(Source: unbuiltroads)
