Re: Godot: An Introduction
Malcolm Lawrence (malcolm@wolfenet.com)
Mon, 23 Feb 1998 14:31:56 -0800
PODESTA,Lesley wrote:
> Yes, yes Malcolm. I understand. It's the same as my friend
> talking about looking at AIDS without sentimentality - you can do it but
> it loses a lot of heart and it still doesn't make the pain go away.
> That's why I said "a small stone" and not a great big rock - ie
> the symbolism without the pain.
I caught the subtlety of your detail, which is why I qualified myself by
making it explicit I wasn't trying to offend you. It's just something about
Seymour that has always really bugged me. Not to mention little boys in
general. When I was a boy I didn't understand why other boys wanted to hit
girls on the arm etc. I always found it much more enjoyable to play with
them than berate them. Of course, that's social suicide when you're a boy at
that age. Getting called names for wanting to play with girls, when in only
a few more years you'd get called names if you DIDN'T want to play with
girls. Go figure.
> And you know Malcolm, I never thought Seymour threw it because
> of perfection, it was a surfeit of emotion for me.
You mean his being so happy that he couldn't help but ruin it? I've always
thought that it was the central working cog of the mechanized
cliche/metaphor of "people living in g(G)lass houses shouldn't throw
stones." He threw the stone and years later when his conscience caught up
with him, he threw it at himself instead (i.e.. the suicide).
> Lesley
> ps Hope the golf ball didn't cause too much damage.
I was very lucky. I was stunned, but I didn't even lose consciousness. Very
lucky. I must have a pretty tough forehead. If it had hit my temple I
probably would have been killed. Sha la la, man. As far as damage is
concerned, ala Scottie's post, uh, that's for you to know and me to find
out.
Malcs