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Re:Who Pays for the Arts? by mapt on Thursday October 03, 2024 @09:39AM (#41730709)
That is if you define "The Arts" as specifically "Archaic forms of art too unpopular to survive without subsidies from government or the aristocracy". That's a tautology.

Hip hop music isn't getting government subsidies. DeviantArt isn't getting government subsidies. Etsy isn't getting government subsidies. Youtubers aren't getting government subsidies. The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't getting (many) government subsidies.

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Re:Who Pays for the Arts? by BoiledCabbage on Thursday October 03, 2024 @10:20AM (#41731070)
> Marvel Cinematic Universe

Apparently comedy is thriving as well too.

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Re:Who Pays for the Arts? by jasondigitized on Thursday October 03, 2024 @09:45AM (#41730752)
This. Modern music. Woodworking. Digital illustration. Pottery. All very much thriving.
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Re:Who Pays for the Arts? by pdonis on Thursday October 03, 2024 @12:21PM (#41732159)
The article under discussion, though, isn't about arts that are surviving as for profit businesses--which includes all of the ones you mention. IT's about arts that aren't doing that. Those are the forms of art that the GP comment was about.
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Re:Who Pays for the Arts? by sandworm101 on Thursday October 03, 2024 @12:38PM (#41732348)
>>The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't getting (many) government subsidies.

Maybe not US subsidies, but I'd bet that there are some Canadian film and tax credit logos at the end of most credit reels. When you film/edit/design/create on an international scale, you pick up lots of local tax credits. Also probably UK/Scotland credits too. Heck, the 2005 reboot of DrWho was backed by Canadian government money. (Just check the final credits.)

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Re:Who Pays for the Arts? by SideQuark on Friday October 04, 2024 @12:57PM (#41743293)
Those are usually granted by local governments to increase local revenue, not lower it. It's how one jurisdiction can attract more investment relative to another.
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