LemmeTelU,

Thank you for your inputs. Talent, hard work and practice are indeed what great arts are all about. Although sometimes one can compensate for the other.

And the lack of practice (self-practice and editing included) is indeed a major inadequacy of Nepali artists (including writers).

In fact, Samrat Upadhyay, who credits his success to the arduous and no-holds-barred editing of his manuscript by his editors, identifies Nepali writer’s ego (they feel offended if editing is suggested to their work) as one major problem for Nepali literature to do well in the market.

Nepali comedians are probably less egoist than Nepali literateur. However, lack of opportunity (and insentive) for practices is clearly there.

Now I would like to comment on Rewire’s  earlier remarks about the unavoidable “boring” art elements in art cinema and also about the alleged unprogressive nature of Nepali mind.

Rewire wrote:

>“conservatism, hatred, denial and other negativism” are universal.

>Look who's talking? We have more disease of these kind than the

>West, to my understanding. Having progressive “desire” is different

>than living a progressive “life”. I firmly believe that we are NOT

>as progressive as you've implied. Not even remotely as a matter of fact

>“…….Patience is a virtue” -- we say it all the time, just don't practice it.

>It is boring because the story line calls for that silence, camera angle, the

>drone music of a story that is boring to begin with. I don't think the director

>can do a whole lot there unless he make a Matrix type of high flying, gun

>shooting and blazing music to get the attention of those bored audience.

On the art elements, I have partially and in some way explained my view with the example of the local popularity of the artistic Chinese cinema. My point is that art does not necessarily have to be boring. The “boring” art elements can be assembled in a way to produce a constantly enjoyable final product.

I like to compare some of the boring and flopped “art” movies to the pure “classical music” and the enjoyable and successful “art” movies to the light classical or derivative music.

On progressive (potential or existing) Nepali minds, my conclusion is based, not just on the political dimension of our history (if you are suspecting), but on the social changes that I have observed. Among the few things that have influenced my view is the local women social/NGO workers in villages. Most of them are minimally literate and some are even illiterate. But oh boy ! talk to them and see for yourself how easily they have adopted in their mind the progressive thoughts and agendas. Of course you can find villages still living in the darkness and still unhappy to see Dalits entering their temples. But those who have been exposed to the ideas do show the sign of a surprising unrigidity for Nepali minds. The same can not be said to several certain sections of the Western society bhanne mero bichaar ho.

Nepe