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“GOOD TASTE IS THE RESIDUE OF SOMEONE ELSE’S PRIVILEGE….”

September 6, 2009 at 9:16 PM · Literature

“GOOD TASTE IS THE RESIDUE OF SOMEONE ELSE’S PRIVILEGE…..” I would like to endorse this observation by Dave Hickey (from a post listing ten good books that are underrated): “bad taste is real taste, of course, and good taste is the residue of someone else’s privilege….”

2 comments

Mary Jane Schaefer September 8, 2009 at 9:14 AM

I can’t remember the source, but I do remember reading once that everyone believes that he or she has good taste.

Philip September 10, 2009 at 8:14 PM

I am happy that on occasion I have bad taste. Annalisa just commented that: “I have a theory that you become fond of things that the majority of people underappreciate or outright dislike.”