What we end up with, then, is a group whose talents - and place in the culture - are undeniable. The people we ultimately choose as Greats mustn’t just be accomplished they must be inimitable in some way, and their nominators must make a compelling case for their singularity. ![]() Overall, though, the exercise is good-natured: It allows us to collectively revisit or make the case for our personal heroes, ones both obvious and obscure, famous and forgotten. “Mm, yes, so-and-so,” someone else will agree dreamily, “that’s a good one.” No one ever shouts down or openly disparages anyone else’s choice, but sometimes a name is met with no reaction at all, a silence more damning than outright disapproval. “What about so-and-so?” someone will ask. ![]() The discussion can, at times, sound like a wine tasting. The Greats nomination process - that is to say, the conversation/debate/slugfest that produces the names of the people we end up profiling for this issue - typically begins in January.
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