the mere games of postmodernism

[rich]

i hated the ending of the book, too--it's so anti-climatic and drones on and
on--reminded me of the ending of Malick's film about the war in pacific a
few years back--those high and mighty narrative speeches...oh my soul...oh
my headache

rich


On 9/21/06, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Related to this "moral direction" bit, I just finished McCarthy's "No
> Country for Old Men," and talk about moralizing - the "old man"
> narrator in chapter asides speaks of nothing but these evil days vs
> the good old days.  It's a quaint look into an old country sheriff's
> remembrance of the good old days contrasted with the unstoppable *new*
> evil of drug trafficking.  The good characters aren't perfect and have
> their complexities, but as a thriller - which is what I'd call this-
> it's a little 2-dimensional and predictable.
>
> David Morris
>
> On 9/20/06, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > whatever. upper class guilt shit. as if there aren't many poor folks
> here in
> > the uSA who don't have glamorous jobs and time to worry about their
> sense of
> > entitlement
> > novels are supposed to give me "moral direction"? gimme a break sister
> >
> > rich
> >
> >
> > On 9/20/06, Henry Musikar <hmusikar at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > >
> >
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/09/17/bomes203.xml
> > > &sSheet=/arts/2006/09/17/bomain.html
> > >
> > > Kasia Boddy reviews The Emperor's Children
> > > Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
> > > ... can engage morally on a level beyond any form of journalism and
> beyond
> > > the mere games of postmodernism represented by writers such as Thomas
> > > Pynchon and David
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Henry Mu
> > >
> > > How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an
> enemy --
> > > Nietzsche. So...
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> movies,
> > > check out my media page:
> > http://www.urdomain.us/scuffling.htm
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>
>
> --
> David Morris
>
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