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Tag: middlebrow

FIRST TIME AS COMEDY (1)

By: HILOBROW

SUPERDUPERMAN vs. WATCHMEN

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Enter Highbrowism

By: Joshua Glenn

A 1911 exposé of a mutant species with high brows

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The Black Iron Prison

By: Joshua Glenn

Skepticism, cynicism, irony, and contempt vs. the BIP

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Shocking Blocking (17)

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from STRIPES (1981)

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REBOOTIANA

By: Joshua Glenn

Rebooting is no nostalgia trip — nor is it snarkily ironic.

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Kirb Your Enthusiasm (11)

By: Joshua Glenn

Joshua Glenn on a panel from TALES TO ASTONISH (1962)

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Shocking Blocking (14)

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from CLAMBAKE (1967)

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Clement Greenberg

By: Joshua Glenn

He began as a critic of Middlebrow, but was suborned by it.

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Phew!

By: Joshua Glenn

Middlebrow ads on HiLobrow?

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Ukulele Heroes (1)

By: Matthew Battles

Cliff Edwards & the danger of a tiny instrument.

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Ceci est une pipe (12)

By: Joshua Glenn

The kitschification of the pipe.

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George W.S. Trow

By: Joshua Glenn

“No Context” is an origin myth for Nobrow.

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Fitting Shoes (7)

By: Joshua Glenn

Alfred Lambert’s prehistoric golf shoes — from The Corrections.

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Feedback (4)

By: Joshua Glenn

The man who rescued Harper’s from Middlebrow.

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Into the Void (5)

By: Charlie Jane Anders

Put Joseph Campbell back on the shelf, already!

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