#this is especially cringey because she is the consummate literary stylist

[philologistandbibliophile]

Music scores are manipulative. Dialogue is manipulative. Actors are manipulative. Novels are manipulative. Ballet is manipulative. Stories are manipulative. Art is manipulative. Because they…make you feel stuff.

#the neo puritans are at it again #literally ALL art is meant to tell people how to feel #it’s at least meant to elicit some emotional reaction #the clownery of these neo puritans #art #music #cinema #toni morrison #my opinion of her has been tarnished a little #this is especially cringey because she is the consummate literary stylist #and not at all subtle in her literary art