Blame an entire medium based on it's current state of mostly untapped potential

By saying "blame it on TV" I wasn't saying "blame broadcasting." I was referring to the content. The content on TV (I'm talking about the U.S. because that's where I live) is the lowest of the low-brow art.

than criticize a Perl poem of questionable nature that does not compile?

You can only effectively criticize something within the context of what it attempts to be. This little ditty wasn't trying to be anything profound, so I can hardly fault it for not being profound. It wasn't trying to be beautiful, so I can hardly blame it for not being beautiful. It had almost no aspirations whatsoever, and in that context, its banality was successful. The fact that it didn't compile, whether an accident or a purposeful touch, was pure genius. ;-)

And what is "questionable nature" anyhow? Let me ask a better question. What has a nature that isn't questionable?

Seems a bit ironic, doesn't it? Oops, too thought-provoking...

Frankly, I found the OP's poem was much more thought provoking than your anonymous musings.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

In reply to Art Critique... (was: Re: Re: Re: The Weekend) by sauoq
in thread The Weekend by SmokeyB

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