FT review

[Derek Milner]

I guess I wouldn't mind use/abuse of the "recluse" angle as much if  
all spades were described as such (as spades that is). I don't read  
much of the mainstream press, but I can't recall any recent book  
features that began with "Author X, the ratchet-jawed media whore  
most well known for eating a pound of Oprah's poo to get five minutes  
of well-timed exposure on her spotless white couch, has recently  
blahblahblah..."

On Dec 3, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:

> Don't let's ever stop fretting about the by-now well-entrenched use  
> of "recluse" as common parlance for a prominent  person's refusal  
> to cooperate with the great American media machine?
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> It's nice to have something really simple to hate.
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> Got-damn better than hating spinach.
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> No reflection on Otto or Derek intended.
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> On Dec 3, 2006, at 12:13 AM, Otto wrote:
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>> Of course you're absolutely right, Derek, but don't forget that these
>> reviewers are writing for readers who in their majority don't know  
>> who
>> Pynchon is.
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>> And someone who wants to lead a normal life nowadays, undisturbed my
>> the media, simply isn't "normal" for the media people when everybody
>> else wants to become a tv-star at all costs, even if it is only for
>> five minutes.
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>> Otto
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>> 2006/12/2, Derek Milner <peak.sound at gmail.com>:
>>> I'm so got-damn tired of all of these ATD features pushing the  
>>> "recluse"
>>> angle. I refuse to be interviewed or photographed, don't divulge  
>>> my place of
>>> residence, and never make public appearances, either. That  
>>> doesn't make me a
>>> recluse. It means I'm normal.
>>> I can't tell if all of these critics are hacks, blind sheep, or  
>>> both.
>>> Sheesh.
>>>
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