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Originally Posted by Not Afraid
For me, it is the disdain for the creative that gets to me. It is so easy to justify being uncreative - and some are just not appreciative of creative expression.
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I simply don't see the creativity in this line of merchandise. It's mass produced shlock, no more creative or rebelious than a jacket with a Misfits patch sold by the thousands at Hot Topic. If I saw someone in the park wearing a home made shirt with an iron-on of a family phot of them at Disneyland 40 years ago, that'd be awesome. But sold by Disney at $90+? Bah, just another chapter in the never-ending cycle of true rebelious creativity being coopted and mass marketed by corporate America. It'll make them some good bucks, but to me it's the sign that it's time to move into new areas of creativity.
Some people have shown quite a bit of disdain towards Shag for the very same reasons. And even though we obviously like the stuff since we bought it, I certainly understand it. Of course, they weren't charging $130 for cheap prints. They were charging $15. Had they been $130, I probably would have had the same reaction as I did to these shirts.