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Old 09-01-2009, 11:39 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent View Post
^^ doesn't get it
To "get it" would be like praising Marcel Duchamp's Fountain (toilet). The real point of that exhibition was that a famous artist can sell or make art of anything, even a toilet (or in Reed's case, just noise) and get away with it - or even get praised for it.

If you think you "understand" MMM, then you should be aware there's a joke floating around somewhere - and it's on you.
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