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Catttt Posted 7 years ago
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Legendary drunkenness

1. Does "legendary drunkenness" mean "to drink a lot sometimes" or "to drink most of the time (to be alcoholic)"?


2. Does the yellow sentence mean "There seems to exist a relationship between art and alcohol, a relationship that lies in the similarities of the pleasures that art and alcohol both offer, specially the pleasure of the removal of inhibitions"?


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From what has been said so far, it seems that alcohol has played a significant part in the cluster of relationships that involve celebrity, art and advertising, signalled initially by the Absolut Art campaigns and evident in promotional work done for alcoholic drinks by Hirst and Emin as well as in their legendary drunkenness. This seems to suggest some sort of relationship between art and alcohol as commodities that may ultimately lie in the compatibility of the pleasures that are offered, particularly in the removal of inhibition that alcohol facilitates.

  

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catttt 1. Does "legendary drunkenness" mean "to drink a lot sometimes" or "to drink most of the time (to be alcoholic)"? It certainly means that they suffered from the effects of alcohol often enough for this state to be associated with them.

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  • catttt 1.
  • Does "legendary drunkenness" mean "to drink a lot sometimes" or "to drink most of the time (to be alcoholic)"?
  • It certainly means that they suffered from the effects of alcohol often enough for this state to be associated with them.
  • It does not in itself necessarily suggest that they were permanently in this state.
  • catttt Does the yellow sentence mean "There seems to exist a relationship between art and alcohol, a relationship that lies in the similarities of the pleasures that art and alcohol both offer, specially the pleasure of the removal of inhibitions"?
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catttt1. Does "legendary drunkenness" mean "to drink a lot sometimes" or "to drink most of the time (to be alcoholic)"?

It certainly means that they suffered from the effects of alcohol often enough for this state to be associated with them. It does not in itself necessarily suggest that they were permanently in this state.

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