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The Advanced Genius Theory

Name: The Advanced Genius Theory
Author: Jason Hartley

Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?

Jason Hartley,

288 pages
English
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eBook - ePub

The Advanced Genius Theory

Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?

Jason Hartley,

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Let the debate begin...The Advanced Genius Theory, hatched by Jason Hartley and Britt Bergman over pizza, began as a means to explain why icons such as Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Sting seem to go from artistic brilliance in their early careers to "losing it" as they grow older. The Theory proposes that they don't actually lose it, but rather, their work simply advances beyond our comprehension. The ramifications and departures of this argument are limitless, and so are the examples worth considering, such as George Lucas's Jar Jar Binks, Stanley Kubrick's fascination with coffee commercials, and the last few decades of Paul McCartney's career. With equal doses of humor and philosophy, theorist Jason Hartley examines music, literature, sports, politics, and the very meaning of taste, presenting an entirely new way to appreciate the pop culture we love... and sometimes think we hate. The Advanced Genius Theory is a manifesto that takes on the least understood work by the most celebrated figures of our time.

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Publisher

Scribner

Year

2010

ISBN

9781439117484

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Popular Culture

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Social Sciences

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
A Few Words About the Structure of the Book
Chapter One Falling Out of Love
Chapter Two Stages of Advancement
Chapter Three Advanced Musicians
Chapter Four The Most Advanced Musicians Ever
Chapter Five The Second Tier
Chapter Six Who Was the Most Advanced Beatle?
Chapter Seven The Curious Cases of Sting and Bono
Chapter Eight On the Bubble
Chapter Nine The Stage and Mostly Screen
Chapter Ten “A” Is for Advanced: Orson Welles
Chapter Eleven Overt Riders, Overt Bulls
Chapter Twelve Marlon Brando: The Third Fat Man
Chapter Thirteen Steve Martin: Advancement Is Not Pretty
Chapter Fourteen Fine Artists, but Are They Advanced?
Chapter Fifteen Writers
Chapter Sixteen Advancement and the 2000 Presidential Election
Chapter Seventeen The Advanced World of Sports
Chapter Eighteen What Might Have Been and What Might Yet Be
Chapter Nineteen The Advanced State of Mind, or How to Like Everything
Acknowledgments
Index