That's an interesting and quite philosophical question.
It's a fine line, and comes down to bravado. I see tackiness as an ugly subset of kitsch: it's always done with lofty intentions, but fails miserably.
Some things are ugly without being tacky--say, the Ugly Building in downtown Olympia. It's an offense against the landscape, but lacks the panache of the truly tacky.
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Do you consider there to be a difference between ugly and tacky?
That's an interesting and quite philosophical question.
It's a fine line, and comes down to bravado. I see tackiness as an ugly subset of kitsch: it's always done with lofty intentions, but fails miserably.
Some things are ugly without being tacky--say, the Ugly Building in downtown Olympia. It's an offense against the landscape, but lacks the panache of the truly tacky.
Does that make sense?
I think so.
I love that the "Ugly Building in downtown Olympia" is capitalized therefore making "Ugly Building" it's official name.
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