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=Summary for "Our Sob Stories: Beyond 'Marley' -- music, art,= =TV, plays and books that bring us to tears"= = = = = = = = = =Sad sells. We've known this since Aristotle wrote about the= =catharsis of pity and fear. But these days we get embarrassed= =by it and think of sentimental art as "schlocky," especially= =men who aren't supposed to show their emotions. All art forms= =have a sentimental factor -- literature, films, TV and music.= =It tends to go in cycles - the 18th century was unemotional,= =the 19th emotional, and the 20th dry-eyed again. So, Keller= =asks, are we turning back to an era where we can recognize= =our emotions and cry freely at movies again?= = =