Who decides what is "classic" and what is "trash?" I've seen so many things lately that I hear are "classics" and all I really saw was worthless trash that someone deemed "classic-worthy." Who are these people that deem movies, works or art, literature...etc, "classics?" What are their backgrounds? How do they make their decisions?
Take for example, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with Audrey Hepburn. I still don't see the point. And the fact that this movie is what Audrey Hepburn is known for makes my head spin! She's a social climber, using anyone she can for money. He's a man-whore, having affairs with married women who support him while he attempts to write novels. And they unite over a cat! Who deemed this a classic and why?
If someone could explain this to me I would be forever grateful. I just don't understand what makes something a classic while other things go by unnoticed.
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John Guillory, Frank Kermode, Harold Bloom and Wendell Harris may help you answer your question on what is a classic and what is trash?? Heard of the canon??
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