"...It’s a grotesque parody to suggest that viewers who enjoy movies that aren’t mainstream Hollywood productions do so in some second-order, snobbish, or unemotional way. It’s as silly as claiming that classical music and opera are less emotional than pop music, and it’s a claim that, like O’Hehir’s comment about cocktail-party chatter, is mainly a sign of not getting out enough, of not knowing people who can tell him otherwise."
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