Talk:Trash culture

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I really disagree with this definition. It fails to encompass the reality and history of trash culture as a multifaceted and nebulous thing. Dime novels, blaxploitation films, exploitation films, pornography, lesbian pulp fiction, gangsta rap (with its increasingly corporatized image) and a whole lot more. This seems to presume that trash culture is lower class and that lower class is stupid and ignorant, and that these is the dominant themse of today, without exploring class, cultural, sexual orientation and other oft described "trash" culture phenomena. If no one puts up discussion in a little bit, Im changing it.

Agreed, this definition is terrible. It fails to recognise the artistic merits of the b-grade variety, which have a devoted fan subculture. This description is far too derogatory and negative, and needs some NPOV applied. It would be great if you could add some, you seem to have the main points well outlined in your above comment. Really, the 'derogatory term' at the start has to go, as its use is far broader than that. The broad list of by-products of modernism is given no context, no rationale. The lower-upper class elitism is not the defining feature of the culture, though it plays a role. It isn't perpetuated by peer pressure and the mass media in some giant conspiracy, in fact this entire article needs a rewrite.Nazlfrag 04:03, 10 September 2007 (UTC)