RE: Mr. Antolini
PODESTA,Lesley (Lesley.PODESTA@deetya.gov.au)
Sun, 07 Dec 1997 13:31:00 +1000
Gosh when I joined the list all we were talking about was whether Franny
was pregnant!
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>From: Dr Samsa[SMTP:DrSamsa@aol.com]
>Sent: Sunday, 7 December 1997 7:17
>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>Subject: Re: Mr. Antolini
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>I just joined this list expecting to hear some very intelligent thoughts on
>the works of one of my favorite authors, only to find a mailbox crammed full
>of pseudo intellectual rantings on homosexuality. Now, I'm sure this is all
>big fun, and far be it from a newcomer to puff up his chest and attempt to
>direct traffic, but so far this list is nothing but a treatise for
>hairsplitting political and social vanity. Is Salinger homophobic? None of
>us know, and most of us don't care. All we do know is that Holden Caulfield
>certainly didn't go for that "flity" stuff and Antolini's actions are
>certainly perculiar enough to give Holden some reservations. So let's talk
>about Salinger, pretty please?
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