Why does art have to be original?
I can’t figure out why we complain when someone remakes an old movie, or makes a movie so similar to a predecessor that it seems more like a cheap knockoff of the original.
I mean, I complain about it too. But what was really wrong with remaking Dukes of Hazzard or Starsky and Hutch as a film?
And why is it that we complain about some and cheer about others? I don’t remember too much backlash when Johnny Depp played Willy Wonka in the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Is it the endless quest of humanity to search for something fresh and new? If so, what is the motivation behind that motivation?
If there really is nothing new under the sun, it seems like the best we could hope for is that artists learn to copy and twist well.
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