Welcome to The Acculturated-Ricochet Podcast!
Emily Esfahani Smith ·
October 11, 2012 at 8:45pm
Welcome to the inaugural Acculturated-Ricochet podcast on pop-culture! In our debut show, Ben Domenech and I interview art historian and literary critic Camille Paglia about her new book Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars, which hits a bookstand near you on October 16. For those interested in why the art world is in crisis, how young people are being consumed by the machine world of technology, what the heck happened to feminism (and Naomi Wolf), and why George Lucas is the greatest living artist alive today--then you're in the right place.
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Aug '11
Re: Welcome to The Acculturated-Ricochet Podcast!
The "A" is for Awesome! Ricochet is a cornucopia of Podcasting Awesomeness!
Aug '10
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Another podcast?! Where will I find the time?!?!
;-)
Jan '11
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Wow - talk about synchronicity! I just came to Ricochet a minute ago after reading her Salon interview.
I wonder if she'd agree to be a guest contributor. I know she's not a ... shall we say ... dedicated conservative. But we're a welcoming and polite group of people, and I'd love to hear her talk to us.
May '10
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Oh, good- this will be interesting. I want to hear Miss Emily disagree with Camille a couple of times. That would be fun.
Mar '11
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1) You can make some coin in the "machine world of technology."
2) Not only is nobody afraid of Naomi Wolf...nobody is even paying attention anymore.
3) The "greatest living artist alive today" needs someone to explain patiently to him that Han shot first!
Aug '12
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KC Mulville: Wow - talk about synchronicity! I just came to Ricochet a minute ago after reading her Salon interview.
I wonder if she'd agree to be a guest contributor. I know she's not a ... shall we say ... dedicated conservative. But we're a welcoming and polite group of people, and I'd love to hear her talk to us. ยท 4 minutes ago
And Camille does love to talk. Has anyone ever measured her words per minute?
Re: Welcome to The Acculturated-Ricochet Podcast!
Awesome! I'm looking forward to listening to this new show.
Aug '10
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Great get . Camille is the tops.
Every morning Transom shows up and starts the day, this is going to be awesome.
Apr '11
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This Camille character is quite a pistol.
May '11
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Mar '11
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I am so geeked for this.
Jul '12
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This podcast is NSFW.
Aug '10
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Ningrim
Not sure if serious...
I can see the logic, ackshully.
"Greatest Living Artist."
Not, "Greatest Living Filmmaker."
A true artist creates art with absolutely zero regard for how the art will be received by the critics or even the public. It's all about expression, and realizing one's vision.
Most filmmaker's do not meet that criteria, because they are beholden to investors. Lucas makes his movies using his own money, so he can create whatever he damned well pleases. With the prequels, Lucas certainly did that. He was a true artist.
In order to transcend to become a "great" artist, the artist's work must be seen and appreciated by a huge audience.
While all sorts of people (myself included) thought the prequels were utter crap, I cannot dispute that they were seen by oodles and oodles of people. I also cannot dispute that oodles and oodles of people did, in fact enjoy them.
How many true artists alive can claim to have the same sort of creative independence AND the same sort of reach as George Lucas?
That the movies sucked is irrelevant to the argument.
Aug '10
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Neither am I, and yet they keep letting me in the door. Odd...
Jan '11
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Camille, slow down, it's hard for me to keep my thinking up with your words per minute.
Oct '10
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I'm listening to the podcast now and this is exhausting! But I'm enjoying the discussion. I'm learning much.
Re: Welcome to The Acculturated-Ricochet Podcast!
Glad you guys are enjoying this! Be sure to listen through to the end, which is when she starts talking--breathlessly--about George Lucas' artistic virtuosity!
Jan '11
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Great podcast! When the podcast first started, I thought "wow that doesn't sound like Paglia" - I used to think she talked quite quickly because of her illimitable mental energy. However, as the podcast progressed, I became convinced it was her.
Sep '12
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Wow, con brio all the way through! So many interesting, interlocking thoughts - excellent podcast.
Aug '12
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I LOVE the idea behind this podcast. I find Paglia to be a daring art critic, but jees is she full of herself. I also challenge anyone to take a shot every time she says "OK." Still, I wasn't bored, and that's good.
The idea that the Star Wars prequels represent high art is nuts. I suggest people look at the John Podhoretz review.