Agreed, Jim. This is too loaded with aesthetic prejudice for me to take it seriously. For example, here is a statement from Mr. Walther's social media:
Matthew Walther
@matthewwalther
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Dec 29
"New Formalism" seems to me a blind alley as well, a misunderstanding of the importance of form.
Okay. New Formalism (and what's with the scare quotes?) is a safe, bankable-enough shot, formalists being a minority. How about if we took this blanket dismissal and put it into any other context?
(Insert random racial or religious minority) seem to me blind, failing to understand...
Buddhists just don't get it, right? Mormons? Don't even start... religion is dead.
What would we say about a person who looks at things this way? This is me, though. You do you.
J
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