Re: And, In Conclusion -- Speed Racer

Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2008 16:58:03 -0500, Pete Holland Jr. wrote:
>> In order for it to be art, it has to mean something to the viewer. 
>> So even classic things can fail this test (reading the Bronte
>> sisters in my high school English class just about drove me out of
>> my gourd).  But that also means that things that inspire a reaction,
>> even if it's an uncommon medium, can be art.  Be it games,
>> fireworks, engineering, or anime. 
> 
> Indeed, that is it exactly.  Anime -- the collection of the entire
> body of Japanese animation -- is not art.  It cannot be art.

Playing with semantics now, are we?