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I love Radcliffe.

Anyway, the reason I was going to comment is that people seem to be taking the cult of obscurity as a largely negative thing. There are negative aspects to it, as mentioned with reference to Stewart Lee, but one obvious positive aspect that I can see is that without the cult of obscurity many great writers would never be rescued for posterity. The people who only ever keep an eye on what's already established aren't going to do the job of digging around in the basement for treasures.