Eminem (was: Influenced by GR?)

[JEANNIE BERNIER]

His wife attempted suicide a couple of weeks ago:

http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000710/11/ent-eminems-wife

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Eckhardt [mailto:uzs7lz at uni-bonn.de]
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 9:06 AM
> To: David Morris
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: NP: Eminem (was: Influenced by GR?)
> 
> 
> A lot of people ask me.. stupid fuckin questions
> A lot of people think that.. what I say on records
> or what I talk about on a record, that I actually do in real life
> or that I believe in it
> Or if I say that, I wanna kill somebody, that.. 
> I'm actually gonna do it
> or that I believe in it
> Well, shit.. if you believe that
> then I'll kill you
> 
> "Criminal"
> 
> Well, there are many funny lyrics to be found here. Mostly, 
> though, the
> humour is directed against homosexuals and women, and some of 
> the jokes -
> for example about the murder of Gianni Versace or about 
> Christopher Reeves -
> are very sick and, even worse, not funny at all. One 
> certainly has to take
> into account the various characters Mathers invents and from 
> whose pov he
> raps, as well as the my-lyrics-are-more- 
> shocking-than-your-lyrics-contest
> which much west coast hip hop seems to be based upon. 
> Generally, I guess
> this is a good rap record and some of the tracks - especially 
> "Stan" - are
> better than good. Eminem also shows himself rather concerned, 
> if this is the
> right term, about the influence his lyrics can have on the listener's
> thoughts and actions. Of course, he denies any responsibility 
> on his part.
> "Kim", though, is something completely different (I imagine 
> the video as a
> collaboration of Ingmar Bergman and Dario Argento).
> 
> Thomas
>