Tarantino Bashing

Meg Larson mgl at tardis.svsu.edu
Mon Mar 3 09:28:04 CST 1997


You mentioned DeLillo; I picked up two of his novels at a library used book
recently, but haven't read anything by him yet (Plisters have turned my
attention to him :-) ).  The two I found were _Players_ and _Running Dog_. 
Are they worth reading, in yer humble opinions?

"Too many textbooks and discussions leave students free to make up their
minds about things"
                                  --- Mel Gabler, Texas textbook critic 

Meg Larson
Saginaw Valley State University
mgl at tardis.svsu.edu              

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> From: Craig Clark <CLARK at SHEPFS2.UND.AC.ZA>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Tarantino Bashing
> Date: Monday, March 03, 1997 5:04 AM
> 
> MantaRay apologises:
> 
> > My apologies to all Plisters. I sent this pointed remark to the wrong
list.
> > It's not as annoying as "On this day..." though, is it?
> > 
> > Peace and fries,
> > 
> > MantaRay
> >
> >Exactly. And the world has jumped, fullspeed, on his jock on the
strength of
> >those two silly, derivative exercises. I saw twice as much cinematic
> >originality in Trainspotting than all the wannabe hard-boiled dialogue
in
> >Tarantino's films. The strength of the backlash is equal to the size of
the
> >hype. That's Isaac Newton, more or less. For Christ's sake, they've
> >re-released the lame Switchblad Sisters with Tarantino's nerdy mug in
the
> >corner to hopefully dredge up some revenue. Give me a fucking break. For
one
> >of the more blatantly prejudiced directors (the only mainstream [he's
not an
> >indie] director to have ever realized a long-standing white American
desire
> >to fuck the blacks up the ass) to receive this much acclaim is as
ludicrous
> >and offensive as our so-called anti-bandwagoneering might be to you. 
> 
> Well, I enjoyed "On This Day"... but hey, anyone want to deflate 
> Tarentino's overhyped balloon around here is welcome to do so as far 
> as I'm concerned...
> 
> Craig Clark
> 
> "Living inside the system is like driving across
>  the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
>  on suicide."
>    - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"



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