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The filmmaker cares much more about how real people react to his work. Tyler Perry says 'highbrow' critics don't get to decide 'which Black story is important.' The filmmaker cares much more about ...
Used colloquially as a noun or adjective, "highbrow" is synonymous with intellectual; as an adjective, it also means elite, and generally carries a connotation of high culture. The term, first recorded in 1875, draws its metonymy from the pseudoscience of phrenology , which teaches that people with large foreheads are more intelligent. [ 1 ]
Going Highbrow is a 1935 American comedy-musical film directed by Robert Florey. Guy Kibbee and ZaSu Pitts play a newly rich couple, so eager to buy their way into society they hire a waitress to pose as their daughter.
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974).
Sheila Nevins has produced documentaries for most of her professional life. But at 84, she’s still notching career firsts. Last month, Nevins added “Oscar-nominated director” to her résumé ...
Tyler Perry isn’t letting the “highbrow” critics of his movies deter him from sharing stories related to Black communities. “I know for a fact that what I’m doing is exactly what I’m ...
Her first film role was in Front Page Woman (1935), followed by Going Highbrow (1935). She was the female lead in Fighting Youth (1935). The movie combined football excitement with the influence of communism on college athletics. Martel was signed by Harry Warner of Warner Bros. in 1935.
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