Two days ago, I linked to the amusing 12-minute short film Jane Austen’s Period Drama that was nominated for this year’s Oscar but did not win.

When it comes to the arts in any form, I am definitely low-brow. High art leaves me mystified and this was confirmed yet again when I later watched the co-winner of this year’s short film category called Two People Exchanging Saliva. From the beginning I was aware that I was in the Ocean of Deep Metaphor and that I was hopelessly out of my depth. As I watched it, trying to figure out the message, I thought to myself “There is a message here but I am so not getting it”. I was utterly baffled.

Watch for yourself.

After the film, I looked it up and even after reading about what the underlying message was, I still did not get it. I am that bad.

I wonder what the term is that signifies the opposite of avante garde when referring to the arts, because that is the label that would definitely would fit me.