The Banal and The Unexamined
Posted on December 30th, 2015 by Adam-Troy Castro(Sigh) The key problem with banality is that it prevents people from thinking. They plug in their bromides and platitudes and they sit back and think they’re clever, but really, it’s a substitute for thinking; it’s just quoting something somebody else has said, without examination. For instance, somebody said today, of Jerry Lewis, “The French […]