The Challenge of "Culture"

[Ghoulish Delight]

I think one of the reasons so many people avoid "highbrow" is that it's difficult to simply enjoy it without studying it. Much of what is considered "highbrow" is stuff that's been around for a long, long time, it's been studied, analyzed, written about over and over again. So even if you enjoy, say, Mozart's music, if you aren't familiar with a certain amount of the "culture", you can't really just say, "Yeah, Mozart rocks," when you meet someone else who appreciates it. And since most people want to just listen to music, not enroll in a 10 week course, it's just easier to pass it up.