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Originally Posted by GrapevineFires
Yes
No.
Not sure of your point sorry.
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It's really not that hard to follow, but let me break it down for you:
- Sadness is a negative emotion.
- Some movies are sad.
- Some of these sad movies are good movies.
- Therefore it is obviously possible for a movie to evoke a negative emotion while still being a good movie.
Now let's apply the same logic to depressing music:
- Depression is a negative emotion.
- Some music is depressing.
- Some of this depressing music is good music.
- Therefore it is obviously possible for a piece of music to evoke a negative emotion while still being good music.
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Originally Posted by GrapevineFires
Then we need to think fo a better word to describe it. One that's positive.
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How would that make sense? As I’ve said before, you’re confusing content with artistic quality. They aren’t the same thing. To pick an example from literature: The content of
Lord of the Flies is depressing and disturbing, but the artistic quality of the book is excellent. It’s a good book because it expresses what it expresses so well, but what it expresses is definitely quite depressing and disturbing.