Re: Star Wars Racist?
Mattis Fishman (mattis@argos.argoscomp.com)
Mon, 02 Aug 1999 13:06:52 -0400 (EDT)
Hello,
I did not see the Star Wars movie, yet interestingly enough
I happened to read an article (editorial?) in the magazine
U. S. News and World Report which said almost the exact same thing
as Colin, namely that many of the characters were based on
flimsy, and ofter derogatory, ethnic stereotypes. My recollection
was that the author of the article found this disturbing and was
very critical of Mr. Lucas.
Paul, it seems that you have the found the key to a successful
marriage (well, aside from taking your wife on lovely vacations,
that is), namely Mutual Salinger Incompatability. I have had similar
experiences, my wife could not finish more than a few pages of
The Catcher in the Rye, or any story other than Down at the Dinghy,
which, since it stars my five year old boy, was a BIG hit. I sometimes
wonder if the Seymour/Muriel effect is as uncommon as all that,
and I sometime worry that, just the oppositely, my youthful infatuation
with Seymour led me into this type of oddly romanticized marriage,
but I leave that for Scotty to explain to me (please!, though
perhaps not in public).
As to your experience describing Seymour, I think that if I would
start describing the goings on of my bananafish friends, my wife
would ask me if I was talking about some book I'd just read.
Just for the record, I did have to read quite a few posts before
I was able to write this one, though I would appreciate some
help from Jim or Anna in telling me just exactly it means.
all the best,
Mattis