lowbrow

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Highbrow or lowbrow, we have gathered here to serve humanity’s darkest impulses.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Critics might call it lowbrow, and drawing a direct connection to increased attendance is often difficult, but the social glow up is pushing the museums into the cultural conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Comedy, tragedy, cozy, gritty, formulaic, metafictional, historical, futuristic, highbrow, lowbrow, middle brow — something for every taste.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Reaching comedy heaven is more about finding those jokes, lowbrow as they may be, than arguments about God.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Eliminating those unfamiliar with the Stooges’ slapstick, physical, lowbrow comedy, I found that an overwhelming 8 percent of my sample admitted to such an indulgence.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos