Populist views -- 19th century - books // 20th and 21st century -- movies

"he was revolted by their mean and resentful opinions, their conversations as dull as a church door, and their sickening discussions in which they judged the value of a book according to the number of editions it had gone through and by the profit on its sales." (from "Against Nature" by J.-K. Huysmans, Brendan King)