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High and Low Culture
Dividing culture up into high and low culture!
Question | Answer |
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The Elite (better educated, with more money and power) tend to have.... | A distinct culture from the masses. |
Shakespeare, opera, sophisticated restaurants and arty French films are the types of things that are? | Associated with HIGH CULTURE. |
The masses enjoy Low culture e.g.? | Soap operas reality TV, musicals, fast food and Hollywood films |
High culture is generally considered more difficult to appreciate and .... | The audience is seen as educated and having a good taste |
Aspects of high culture are seen as..... | Good for society, though they don't make much money compared to a lot of low culture, so the government often subsides them. |
A lot of funding for high culture has come from a low culture source. some customers have been hostile to the idea. | That the lottery is used to pay for 'arty' dance and theatre companies. They suggest its elitist culture-most lottery punters wouldn't get to see it and probably wouldn't like if they did. |