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chaplin's last major directing job was in 1952, and his heydey was the 1930's. he's already been remembered longer.

the beatles are great; but they are remembered more b/c it's easier to give them playtime; 3 minutes (beatles song) vs 60 or so (chaplin film).

chaplin will be remembered for a long long time. btw...how many other directors can you name from the 1930's? 2 or three, maybe? you can clearly name more musicians from the 1960's...

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...and speaking of arbitrary posts that just clog up the forum.

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How the [censored] can OOT be clogged up? It's OOT -- "other other topics." As in, all the [censored] that doesn't go in the other forums, goes here.

Re: Who Will Be Remembered Longer?
 

This is a much more interesting post than "Miss OOT 2.21651". It's nice to see the people responsible for making OOT suck saying "this sucks post more like us".

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the beatles are great; but they are remembered more b/c it's easier to give them playtime; 3 minutes (beatles song) vs 60 or so (chaplin film).

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This was kind of my point. Not to mention the vast number of outlets for their music in comparison to a visual media. Beatles are much more accessible.

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Obviously you don't have cable

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You know what you may hear when it's a commercial during a chaplin movie? A beatles tune.

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I cant even begin to think how this could even be sort of close.

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I can't begin to think why anyone would care. Or who would bother to voite in this poll.

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I voted Chaplin.

Beatles may be more popular, but Chaplin started it all. A thousand years from now, Beatles will only be remembered as a bump in music's history but Chaplin will still be remembered. The Beatles aren't on the same level as Mozart, and they don't define a genre of music.

How is current popularity a measure of a member / group's contribution to their art? Britney Spears is insanely popular, does that mean that her music will still be listened to in 20 years?

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Britney Spears is insanely popular, does that mean that her music will still be listened to in 20 years?

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You don't see a difference between Britney and the Beatles?

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Britney Spears is insanely popular, does that mean that her music will still be listened to in 20 years?

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You don't see a difference between Britney and the Beatles?

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Of course there's a difference, I'm just arguing that current popularity doesn't properly gauge artists' impact in future years.

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not even close.