Three's Company is art, it's just not "high art" or "great art" or maybe even "good art". Epic Movie was also (and this pains me)...art. There was clearly some semblance of an attempt at acting within its hellish environs, or perhaps even a story. It is absolutely the trashiest of art. Hell, most things ARE art, whether it be someone's design for a car or a building or whatever, if it has any aesthetic purpose behind it (this wouldn't include
anything, some things are built entirely for function, after all). If Ebert doesn't think video games are
good art, he should just say so. Most of them are entirely for entertainment purposes, just like most movies which he doesn't consider art (or
good art, if he doesn't want to sound wrong.)
Oh, and Queen, Ebert didn't write that article, I just bolded that part because it seemed like something Ebert should do or try to keep in mind as he relegates entire swaths of artistic endeavors to the trash bin. Someone was experiencing something new which was considered art and instead of falling back on their preconceived notions of art they were trying to keep an open mind. Everyone should do that,
otherwise our urinals will never be water fountains.