NP: Twain, Part One

[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy

Weren't you paying attention? He got rich and famous long before he
wrote Huck Finn, which didn't sell as well as his previous books.  

What is it about "an art like that" that makes you sad, exactly?

Mark

--- Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> Saw it on PBS last night and thought it generally interesting.
> I guess he'll pay for all his success in Part Two, but I couldn't
> help feeling that he seemed to be one of the first white artists
> who had hit upon a whole new and more sophisticated way to
> exploit blacks- marketing a portrayal of their culture.
> 
> The Ken Burns documentary seems to take pains to get viewers
> to agree that Twain was the first to portray blacks as "real
> people" and give a black character real thoughts, words, feelings
> etc., that this was some important cultural milestone in the
> maturation of American Art. Maybe, but he sure got rich and
> famous doing it. 
> 
> I love Huck, but an art like that, you know it makes me sad.
> 
> 
> 
> 


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