damnit this came out midbrow enough to hit Discover or a For You
September 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
damnit this came out midbrow enough to hit Discover or a For You
Comedy: The Brow Scale -
1. Highbrow
2. Midbrow
3. Lowbrow
4. Drawn on
1. Highbrow
2. Midbrow
3. Lowbrow
4. Drawn on
October 13, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Comedy: The Brow Scale -
1. Highbrow
2. Midbrow
3. Lowbrow
4. Drawn on
1. Highbrow
2. Midbrow
3. Lowbrow
4. Drawn on
if you're gonna do philosophy, please do some philosophy. People actually want like midbrow educational content
February 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
if you're gonna do philosophy, please do some philosophy. People actually want like midbrow educational content
if we're calling Tinker Tailor midbrow, then that word has no meaning.
While I enjoyed Maverick, in no way is it "middlebrow." If we're talking thrillers:
-Michael Clayton
-Bourne Identity
-Hunt for Red October
-Tinker Tailor
-Spy Game
-Michael Clayton
-Bourne Identity
-Hunt for Red October
-Tinker Tailor
-Spy Game
what is the finest example of middlebrow art? top gun maverick?
April 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
if we're calling Tinker Tailor midbrow, then that word has no meaning.
Streaming killed upper-midbrow shows like Law and Order
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Streaming killed upper-midbrow shows like Law and Order
Peak Midbrow Bullshit — now you’re speaking my language
August 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Peak Midbrow Bullshit — now you’re speaking my language
Yeah I love the preservation of western civilization: midbrow outsider-produced art within the imperial metropole
August 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Yeah I love the preservation of western civilization: midbrow outsider-produced art within the imperial metropole
everyone wants to be midbrow but no one wants to fail to read a bunch of books
April 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
everyone wants to be midbrow but no one wants to fail to read a bunch of books
Chuck Norris was a midbrow pseud. he stunk
March 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Chuck Norris was a midbrow pseud. he stunk
I tell you what, the only ‘ed sheeran I wanna hear about is the world’s greatest shave, raising money for leukaemia research, maybe instead of buying tickets for some dismal midbrow slop, throw those guys a few bucks
September 20, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I tell you what, the only ‘ed sheeran I wanna hear about is the world’s greatest shave, raising money for leukaemia research, maybe instead of buying tickets for some dismal midbrow slop, throw those guys a few bucks
nathan fielder is a tarted-up Mr Beast for the midbrow set
May 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
nathan fielder is a tarted-up Mr Beast for the midbrow set
Stopped into a cool used record store in downtown Cassopolis MI, only been there a little bit over a year, a lot of 50s-80s midbrow stuff, but well curated midbrow. Worth a visit if you’re driving, like me, to the Home Depot in Three Rivers
August 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Stopped into a cool used record store in downtown Cassopolis MI, only been there a little bit over a year, a lot of 50s-80s midbrow stuff, but well curated midbrow. Worth a visit if you’re driving, like me, to the Home Depot in Three Rivers
doing Greek wordplay when the rest of the movie is based on a Latin cryptogram is some peak midbrow bullshit
August 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
doing Greek wordplay when the rest of the movie is based on a Latin cryptogram is some peak midbrow bullshit
Every midbrow lib thinks they are genius and not just a product of a higher property tax area
December 4, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Every midbrow lib thinks they are genius and not just a product of a higher property tax area
ezra klein is what he's always been: a good blogger catering to a midbrow audience of libs. that's qualitatively different that what TNC does for a living which is think and write.
September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ezra klein is what he's always been: a good blogger catering to a midbrow audience of libs. that's qualitatively different that what TNC does for a living which is think and write.
La Marcha Radetzky: la Gasolina midbrow
January 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
La Marcha Radetzky: la Gasolina midbrow
Seeing some insane ideas about what 'midbrow' means on this website. It means like, Jonathan Franzen, not Jaws. If Top Gun Maverick is midbrow to you I have bad news about the poverty of your thought
April 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Seeing some insane ideas about what 'midbrow' means on this website. It means like, Jonathan Franzen, not Jaws. If Top Gun Maverick is midbrow to you I have bad news about the poverty of your thought
Kind of speaks to the level to which people were more invested in the idea of Neil Gaiman than the actual writing past a point--which if you've read the fairly midbrow stuff he wrote, compared with his outsized celebrity--makes sense. I always suspected as much.
It's inspiring how Neil Gaiman fans let out a collective ugh and then stopped being Neil Gaiman fans.
February 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kind of speaks to the level to which people were more invested in the idea of Neil Gaiman than the actual writing past a point--which if you've read the fairly midbrow stuff he wrote, compared with his outsized celebrity--makes sense. I always suspected as much.
"There used to be places where burgers, salads and draft beers, the midbrow fare that’s in my sweet spot, could seem like a pretty good deal. Now, no matter where I’m eating, I’m paying pretty much the same price," writes Chris Kornelis.
Read more: on.wsj.com/4tPJswP
Read more: on.wsj.com/4tPJswP
February 23, 2026 at 2:21 AM
"There used to be places where burgers, salads and draft beers, the midbrow fare that’s in my sweet spot, could seem like a pretty good deal. Now, no matter where I’m eating, I’m paying pretty much the same price," writes Chris Kornelis.
Read more: on.wsj.com/4tPJswP
Read more: on.wsj.com/4tPJswP
Project Hail Mary as "high art" is a tell.
I've seen it twice, love it, it's extremely midbrow.
I've seen it twice, love it, it's extremely midbrow.
May 20, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Project Hail Mary as "high art" is a tell.
I've seen it twice, love it, it's extremely midbrow.
I've seen it twice, love it, it's extremely midbrow.
at the end of the day theres plenty of midbrow stuff out there, at thats fine most people are in the midbrow class
March 26, 2026 at 12:21 PM
at the end of the day theres plenty of midbrow stuff out there, at thats fine most people are in the midbrow class
Also midbrow to highbrow podcasts doing really well.
November 14, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Also midbrow to highbrow podcasts doing really well.
Michael Connelly does midbrow airport lit with his Bosch series. Elmore Leonard does it with some humor. Mick Herron's Slow Horses books are pretty good midbrow, think he's got 9 books now.
April 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Michael Connelly does midbrow airport lit with his Bosch series. Elmore Leonard does it with some humor. Mick Herron's Slow Horses books are pretty good midbrow, think he's got 9 books now.