Re: Matt Salinger, Bob Dylan, and the guy who killed Lennon
David Schrimpf (david@cybermail.net)
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 01:22:44 -0800
Tim O'Connor said:
> I don't watch soaps, so I can't say anything about Matthew's appearance
> there, but he did have a small role in "Revenge of the Nerds," and he =
has
> also appeared on stage here in NY. (One production, "Dancing in the End
> Zone," actually attracted his father to a performance!)
I heard he once offered a cool lima bean to a dinner guest!
I didn't even know Bob Dylan was still making music until a couple weeks =
ago
when I heard he was nominated for one of those trophy thingies.
Saw a show on A&E last night about the dude that shot John Lennon. It =
talked
about how he claimed he did it because he thought John was a phony and at =
his
sentencing he read a little bit from Catcher. In fact, he read the part =
where
Holden explains to us what "The Catcher in the Rye" means. How could a
30-year-old man take a confused 17-year-old fictional character seriously?
Sure, Holden has his good points but he is more hypocritical than =
anything. I
don't believe Salinger meant for anyone to look up to Holden at all. Quite =
the
opposite, in fact. If Salinger meant to teach us anything via Holden, I =
believe
his lessons, in most cases, are the opposite of what Holden was actually
saying. I hope that made sense and now I feel so self-conscious about it =
that I
can't bring myself to punctuate this final sentence, not even with =
something as
simle as a period
-David