Re: The Catcher in the Rye movie
TheSecretGoldfish (lime6@rocketmail.com)
Wed, 01 Apr 1998 14:07:11 -0800 (PST)
> the company of a theatre full of 10th graders who
had just read the play
> in their curriculum. After the film, the mob of
crying girls could be
> heard saying very sensitive things like, "Did you
cry when Mercutio
> died? I did. Leonardo was really good, too."
>
> I imagine a 10th grade English teacher giving extra
credit for seeing
> the movie, and for some reason I can't articulate,
it makes my gorge
> rise. I remember having to watch the terrible
Gatsby adaption in 11th
> grade after reading the tremendous novel, and found
the film an
> insult--and what was more disappointing than the
film was the fact that
> none of my peers seemed to notice that it was a
terrible adaption.
>
no much to say except that we watched part of Mary
shelly's (what a f-in joke) frankenstein in an
english class. i don't know why (i kindof liked the
novel before i had it in that class). however we also
watched "dead poets society" which i would suggest to
anyone.
the moral: hmmm...ok. watch "dead poets society" and
avoid all film adaptations of novels like a freshly
ironed pair of hunting shoes. and you know what?
my teacher didn't even look embarassed when keating
took a verbal pile on Dr. James E. Pritchard PhD.'s
essay "understanding poetry" which is only more
intellectual sounding but certainly not more of an
idiotic aproach to "understanding poetry" than hers.
(i got rhyme wrong on her test of poetic terms) which
isn't to say i don't know any goddam poetic terms.
(but i didn't learn any of them from her.)
BIG JOKE IMMINENT ALERT!
(shortly after being expelled from his first high
school our hero, who valiantly rages against becoming
a teacher because you aren't qualified to be a doctor
or an accountant or the secretary of a doctor or
accountant, considered breifly becoming an english
teacher.)
p.
"raging at the fruit"
a.sexton
p.s.
HA!
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