tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668826453007681981.post2719000667114162299..comments2023-10-30T07:00:41.300-07:00Comments on The Modern Historian, the Canadian Medievalist, and other such Oxymorons: Scholasticism, Cynicism and the Optimist: I like Christmas!Megan Arnotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677526156480712154noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668826453007681981.post-72229692859804991262009-10-25T20:47:54.609-07:002009-10-25T20:47:54.609-07:00As someone who loves celebrity gossip (thanks Pere...As someone who loves celebrity gossip (thanks PerezHilton) I'll also admit that I enjoy many of the above mentioned things that academics shake their heads at. I also see no problem with it. What's wrong with using history as a means of entertainment if it gets people amped up about it?Tashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04104094198830152906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668826453007681981.post-64010552390045650872009-10-23T20:05:04.253-07:002009-10-23T20:05:04.253-07:00I hear where you're coming from, and I complet...I hear where you're coming from, and I completely agree. I find that dealing with the academic community is sometimes like dealing with hipsters. What they like is 'edgy' and 'real' and 'underground', meanwhile they criticize the 'sellouts', and the 'mainstream'. It can get heavy on the head. <br /><br />I'm a fan of blockbusters exhibits too, but I like them because of their pure grandeur and spectacle. I think every once in a while it is necessary to blow the roof off the friggin' place, for no other reason then spectacle. Canadians don't get this for some reason.<br /><br />Ps. good use of the word "zeitgeist", Jian Ghomeshi would be proud.Braden Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311251839833537942noreply@blogger.com