Michael Mann, the filmmaker, gets paid to make movies and TV shows that depict urban crime as being simultaneously slick and gritty, a balance that few others of his profession have landed, making him one of the best of his peers.

Michael Mann, the writer, not related to the filmmaker, writes persuasive arguments against EDM like the above. I’d like to ask him what qualifications are needed to DJ, if he thinks that no talent is necessary to perform said genre of music but my head is spinning like Linda Blair reading this piece.

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1) Uuuugh

2) “Hey, the last time I put together an article full of ad-hominems, insults, strawmen, sub-Cracked ‘tude and bro-snark misogyny, it got 400+ comments! Let’s keep that hit-count gravy train a’rollin!”

3) Wouldn’t it be funny if it was the same Michael Mann, though? Just embittered over having to scout dance clubs to shoot for Collateral and dealing with tinnitus afterwards?

4) No

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• “Case in point: Paris Hilton recently made her rap debut at Madison Square Garden…Hilton even beat-boxed and it sounded like she knew what she was doing.”
• “Case in point: Paris Hilton recently made her acoustic debut in Williamsburg …Hilton even re-tuned her guitar strings and it looked like she knew what she was doing.”
• “Case in point: Paris Hilton recently made her Paris Hilton debut in 2012…Hilton even did something ditzy and it looked like she knew what she was doing.”

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