almost TMoP: unknown blogger's open letter to JM Coetzee

Richard Ryan richardryannyc at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 23 15:01:37 CST 2008


Lawrence, you are a very fine fellow, but you're wagging the dog on this one.  The soundtrack of Kundun alone would win Glass a place among the immortals...

------Original Message------
From: Lawrence Bryan
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To: markekohut at yahoo.com
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Sent: Nov 23, 2008 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: almost TMoP: unknown blogger's open letter to JM Coetzee


great??? Yuck. Music that any good computer program could write.  
Repetitive, inane, totally without and redeeming qualities.  As  
interesting as listening to an amplified heart beat.

I've walked out of films with his music drowning out the dialog, so  
dominating all one can think of is the mute button.

But then what do I know? :)

Lawrence

On Nov 23, 2008, at 7:46 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> You probably know by now that the great American composer Philip  
> Glass has written an opera based on your novel Waiting for the  
> Barbarians.......
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