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Sometimes those things are unpleasant. Sometimes those unpleasant things are not necessary to enjoy the production. Again, what's not to understand?


So you need a warning whenever art makes you feel something other than enjoyment. Now I understand.


I don’t think you do, given how I’ve broken it down to below ELI5 levels, and you’re still snarking at me, but, ok.

Additionally, you are quite wrong. I distinctly recall the first time I was ever literally moved to tears by music, and it was precisely when the choir sang their first note in A Survivor from Warsaw, op 46 by Arnold Schoenberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TbFVYbDuVg

Since then, I have been touched by sadness, beauty, anger, awe, and many other emotions as a result of experiencing art.




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