# What Major Misconceptions Did You Have About Creative Works?

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**Created:** [January 4, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-major-misconceptions-did-you-have-about-creative-works/677868 "2014-01-04T09:40:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-major-misconceptions-did-you-have-about-creative-works/677868/101 "2014-01-16T10:37:40Z")

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Initially I did not watch _The Simpsons_, because I had seen Matt Groening’s work in the _Life in Hell_ comic strip. In my opinion, _Life in Hell_ was occasionally clever, but rarely funny. _The Simpsons_ turned out to be a vastly superior work.

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**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-major-misconceptions-did-you-have-about-creative-works/677868/102 "2014-01-16T23:22:43Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> I thought the title for the movie _The Cider House Rules_ was a declarative statement and the movie about a frat house.

Who is this Sophie and why is she choice?

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