Hi Henry,
Thinking about Failure Studies, I would say that any discipline which inspires people is worthwhile. There are many interesting texts which have become commercial "failures" such as 'Fight Club' by David Fincher. Sometimes a text is too subversive for popular audiences, which could mean that it is too intelligent on some level, or ahead of its time. Perhaps it could be lacking a very dynamic structure, but still contains ideas worth unpacking. Arguably, in order to appreciate a 'successful' text we have to delve into failure as well.
Epiphanie :)
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Apologies for cross-posting
New academic disciplines are sprouting all the time. One of the most
recent, as far as I know, is that of 'failure studies.' And I know of
courses in film studies focusing on 'failed films.' Now this is my
question: Is failure really a scholarly/academic category, or should
it not better be relegated to criticism and movie reviews ('thumbs up
or down')? What about the longtime notion of academic abstention from
critical evaluation?
Thanks for your ideas.
Henry
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