RE: When is something "pretentious"?
December 2, 2016 at 2:02 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2016 at 2:03 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
I'd say a work of art is pretentious when if presents itself as original and profound when it is really derivative and mundane.
Okay: "Sometimes a person's greatest weakness is his greatest strength."
Pretentious: "In my years of experience, I have observed something that few people notice and that is that the weakness of a great man is the strength that makes him great."
Okay: "Sometimes a person's greatest weakness is his greatest strength."
Pretentious: "In my years of experience, I have observed something that few people notice and that is that the weakness of a great man is the strength that makes him great."
