Does popular = good?

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Or occasionally 15 minutes and an indecent reason

You make me giggle.

Originally Posted by Prudence

But if gay for pay were popular, would that make it good?

I'm so often out of step with "popular" i don't even worry about it anymore. I see equivalating "good" with "popular" to be a symptom of the degradation of opinions and taste in the culture. We used to be more demanding- stories had to actually have a story. Now we just need pretty people and good effects and call it a hit!

I've been very disgusted with movies and tv lately- I pick and choose what I watch, and hang the rest. It's a lot. So much of it looks to be a waste of my precious time. There are so many *other* things I could be doing.

[cirquelover]

OMG to have dinner with King!! Yes, many would have gladly taken your place at the table, me, me, pick me

I have collected his works for years, although I have been slacking the last few. I even searched high and low for a copy of my pretty pony and paid a pretty little fortune for that thing!

I envy you more than I can express right now

[Alex]

Originally Posted by cirquelover

I even searched high and low for a copy of my pretty pony and paid a pretty little fortune for that thing!

If I'd known I would have sold you Lani's copy and seen if she noticed. Pretty much up to about 2000 she was collecting him and has most things in first edition (meaning Grant Hill edition for many) and many still shrink wrapped. I, however, hate Pretty Pony since it is so out of size with everything. Requires a taller shelf for just one inch thick book. Very inefficient.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I wouldn't want to have dinner with him just because I'd be a giggling idiot the whole time.

"Hey, you remember when you wrote that book The Stand, and there was that guy who was deaf and that guy who was mentally disabled, and they were like biking together and stuff? You remember that? That was awesome."

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Good does not equal popular any more than talented equals successful.

Satchmo had a horrible, gravely voice and yet was a successful and popular singer. His incredible talent lied not in his vocal quality but in his ability to entertain.

I love listening to Mrs. Miller not because she is a good singer, but because her singing was so bad it's amusing.

Musical Theater aficionados generally agree that Stephen Sondheim is a brilliantly talented composer/lyricist and yet most of his shows (the ones he wrote both the music and lyrics, not his earlier collaborations like West Side Story and Gypsy) have not been particularly successful at the box office.