Subject: MORE stereotypes!
From: Andrew Kennis (kennis@math.grin.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 26 1997 - 04:12:40 GMT
On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Jennifer Kelly wrote:
>
> You even go so far as to say you hope that there weren't any
> stereotypes in JDS's literature.
Ummmmmm, yup, I sure did go that far. I'll go even farther. I hope there
is a day when there are NO STEREOTYPES in any literature! Or better yet,
I hope there is a day when there are no stereotypes IN ANY GENRE!!!!!!
POWER TO THE PEOPLE! :grin:
> Open your eyes and see that if it weren't for stereotypes we couldn't
> recognize how insane Seymour is right before he kills himself.
Seymour was insane right before he killed himself? Hmmmmmm. Not sure
about that. I think those scenes with Sybil were *darling*. Really, I
sincerely think they were very "sane" scenes, so to speak.
> According to stereotypes or even legitimate cultural traits and norms,
> if that is the terminology you wish to use, no normal person would
> behave in an elevator in such a way!!!
>
Oh no!!!!!! Oh shit! You're kidding?!! *gasp* That must mean, that I,
myself, am insane, because I've done such a thing in an elevator!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Malcolm, help me d00d!!!!!!!!
:grin:
--AK
p.s. Differentiate between stereotypes and cultural norms, Jen. They
aren't just different words, they are different concepts. :-) :P~
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