Blue Curtained
Blue Curtained by the no h December 3, 2018
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The act of finding literary symbolism where there is none. Refers to a (n apparently deleted) Not Always Right story in which students at a reading tell the author that their professor insists that s/he repeatedly included references to blue curtains because s/he is depressed, and the author replies that blue is simply his/her favorite color.
Professor: Sylvia Plath's "Morning Song" talks about The Fool's Journey...
Student: You found kabbalah, astrology and alchemy in a poem about giving birth? Sounds like a lot of blue curtains to me!
Student: You found kabbalah, astrology and alchemy in a poem about giving birth? Sounds like a lot of blue curtains to me!
blue curtains by Kotora September 21, 2018
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Blue-curtainism
The belief that there is nothing more to art than surface-level interpretation and that anyone who tries to find deeper meaning is an idiot, a practice of anti-intellectualism.
"Why do you even care about symbolism and themes? The curtains are just blue!"
-typical subscriber to blue-curtainism
-typical subscriber to blue-curtainism
Blue-curtainism by The_Kickster September 20, 2023
Blue Curtaining
When a writer or director is asked afterwards if a certain aspect of their work is intentionally symbolical or meaningful in the larger context of their story and they confirm it, even though in reality they never intended for that to be the case.
Did you know that the author said the blue curtains in that scene represent the emotional state of the character?
I don't know man, that sounds like blue curtaining to me.
I don't know man, that sounds like blue curtaining to me.
Blue Curtaining by Bloomin' JooJ April 20, 2022
The curtains were just blue
There's no symbolism in this form of media, and there's no reason to look that deep into it.
Or meaning not to look that deep into something (The curtains are just blue)
Or meaning not to look that deep into something (The curtains are just blue)
"Hey, calm down, the curtains are just blue. Don't look that deep into it."
"The curtains were just blue. Don't worry too much about it."
"The curtains were just blue. Don't worry too much about it."
The curtains were just blue by AstroIsOffline March 15, 2023