myth-making
Lorentzen / Nicklaus
lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de
Fri Dec 8 03:20:54 CST 2000
the other night i saw that yoko ono interview on tv, where she said that she
thinks that john lennon, if still alive, would today be into hiphop ... kfl
Doug Millison schrieb:
> "So even if, against all odds, the revisionist view were proved
> correct and aspects of Lennon's biography were shown to be a myth,
> composed by Lennon and maintained by Ms. Ono, what of it? The
> essentials are undeniable: you can come from a suburb of a moribund
> industrial city, develop a talent that captures the imagination of
> the world, use your success to raise issues of transcendent
> importance and make a lasting mark on the culture. Apart from this
> one's tragic ending, 20 years ago tomorrow, myths don't get better
> than that."
>
> ...unless you're Thomas Pynchon, perhaps. Some of you may enjoy this
>
> article, at http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/arts/07NOTE.html
> --
> d o u g m i l l i s o n <http://www.online-journalist.com>
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