# Art You Love, But Can't Recommend
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** arts-crafts
**Created:** [August 9, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302 "2023-08-09T09:31:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302/21 "2023-08-10T20:27:34Z")
The movie [Clifford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_(film)), starring Martin Short and the late Charles Grodin - seen it probably a dozen times, laughed my ass off every single time, I think the whole thing is brilliant in its absurdity, yet the film is seemingly loathed by the rest of the world.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302/22 "2023-08-10T21:50:10Z")
> [@Toxylon](#):
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> Elected Best American Film of 1981, 92% at Rotten Tomatoes, Universal Acclaim at MetaCritic, high praise from Ebert & Siskel…
Yes, I am aware of all of that.
I still would be shocked if I found anyone else in real life who liked / would like it.
mmm
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302/23 "2023-08-10T23:54:40Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> Yes, I am aware of all of that.
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> I still would be shocked if I found anyone else in real life who liked / would like it.
And my friend acknowledged the general dislike of the movie, too.
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### Author:  [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302/24 "2023-08-11T00:11:09Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> _Black Mirror_ is a great show, but the first episode turns many people off.
I think it might be the worst first episode ever. Probably 2/3rd of the people I tell to watch Black Mirror have quit after the first episode. It’s not that it’s the worse episode of the show, but the tone and subject matter are such a divergence from the good episodes. Now I recommend specific episodes.
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### Author:  [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302/25 "2023-08-11T15:43:31Z")
The photography of **Nan Goldin**. I idly browsed _The Ballad of Sexual Dependency_ in the early 80’s and couldn’t put it down. But I don’t recommend it to anyone, and not just because it is heavily NSFW. I don’t need people coming back to me about how it’s just documenting ugliness (which it isn’t, but why argue).
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### Author:  [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302/26 "2023-08-11T15:57:45Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> I love the movie Hudson Hawk. However, I cannot say that it’s in any particular way -good-. Goofy, full of just the sort of weirdest nonsense you could imagine, but not good. But it’s so very 1990s in a way that almost nothing else is. It ticks all those baskets that reminds me of when I was just becoming, well, me (I was 17 when it came out).
Another Hudson Hawk fan here, for most of the reasons given (I was a lot older than 17 when it came out). I’m a fan of goofy; I actually prefer it to socially conscious stuff, or anything that’s supposed to be “arty”.
Damn, now I need to check if there’s someplace I can watch it.
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### Author:  [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302/27 "2023-08-11T17:10:31Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#):
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> Damn, now I need to check if there’s someplace I can watch it.
I said I love it, thus I bought it as one of my first DVDs years ago. 🤣
But let us be careful, or the thread will evolve into one discussing the problems with a streaming society losing anything not popular enough to have consistent demand.
Still, I also agree that I prefer a number of absurdist comedies (see my love of Weekend at Bernie’s 1) more than many modern comedies and rom-coms (see that thread for details), BUT, and back to this thread, I haven’t encountered anyone much younger than myself who likes HH. I tried to get my 14 year younger brother to watch it, and he laughed a few times (Needles to the face, Slender Reed) but overall felt it was silly and dull.
Times and styles change, which brings us right back to our OP. Sometimes a piece of art is so tied to the time or place it was created as to be unable to transcend them. And comedies have always been at extreme risk to this phenomena, thus our many threads on the subject.
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### Author:  [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302/28 "2023-08-11T22:02:22Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> I said I love it, thus I bought it as one of my first DVDs years ago. 🤣
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> But let us be careful, or the thread will evolve into one discussing the problems with a streaming society losing anything not popular enough to have consistent demand.
Yes, let’s not get into the danger of depending on streaming in order to be able to watch movies or TV series. According to JustWatch, for example, Hudson Hawk is only available online for rent or purchase. Fortunately, when I checked my DVD collection I found a copy of it. 🙂
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