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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The fact that it is so popular is because so many people who read it were functionally illiterate and reading a novel for the first time in their lives.

Bears repeating. The lowest common denominator is the winner every time in mass popular culture.

18 posted on 05/17/2006 10:37:48 AM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: Revolting cat!

"The lowest common denominator is the winner every time in mass popular culture."

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

- H.L. Mencken


19 posted on 05/17/2006 10:41:13 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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