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Topic subjectI'm aware
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91785, I'm aware
Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Wed Apr-23-08 04:00 PM
>But if you can apply it to 'Pulp Fiction', than
>you can apply it to hundreds of films, in
>which case it loses its punching power and
>becomes irrelevant.

nah, it really does apply to PF though.


>That's why I'm clowning its usage.

oh ok. I thought you were clowning cuz it's some high-falutin' artsy hipster terminology or whatever.



>There's hundreds of ways to praise
>the film.

and hundreds of ways you will disagree with each one of them - LOL.

>Why the fuck would someone use *that* term.
>
>And that same person discussed its profundity
>and all sorts of other shit.
>
>And so the, what is in my opinion, superfluous
>application of "Zeigeist" is not independent of
>the other bullshit I'm talking about.

eh, dunno about it's profundity. but it did capture/embody that mid-90's retro hipster too cool for school vibe though. for the worse, you might argue. but nonetheless, it did it to a T.