Response to MartinL on Standards for Art vs. Standards for Literature

I think you bring up a good point here. I think it’s clear that those who consider Tropic of Cancer low art o pornographic, as some do with Blue Velvet, have not taken the time to dig beyond the surface of the literature and work through their own uncomfortable feelings in order to find the ‘high art”. I think the two give us more than entertainment in return – Lynch gives his viewers a view of the world they may never experience and Miller gives his reader’s a broader perspective of topics that literature has to offer.