NP - Phillip Roth's "Indignation"

[Mark Kohut]

Yes, nice observation. a fierce driving secular Talmudic lawyer, maybe to oxymoronicize. ( sic. Intended).

And a deep theme is how all the perfect lawyer logic CANNOT get to the bottom of ..us. 

"One never understands ANYONE, finally" is one of his most oft-quoted lines. ( I think I paraphrase but very close. ) 

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> On May 24, 2019, at 6:17 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I love Roth's tone and cadence.  It is restrained amidst lots of drama and emotion.  That is a magical feat.
> 
> And he really is a lawyer at heart.
> 
> David Morris 
> 
>> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 5:08 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Indignation is later life Essence of Roth so to speak. (Essence as in cooking). Smaller, therefore lesser to many but maybe not since "all compact" 
>> Means spreads less.
>> 
>> Thanks David. I did not even know it was coming out --think I had heard but wasn't remembering--
>> And now I must see it. 
>> 
>> Did not know you were such a fan as I've been rereading and posting some stuff here, as known. 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> > On May 24, 2019, at 5:34 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> > This film really felt like I was reading a Roth novel, and I love Roth.
>> > 
>> > https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/indignation-review-finally-a-great-philip-roth-movie-103656/
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