Re: young salinger's movie tude
Brendan McKennedy (suburbantourist@hotmail.com)
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 22:43:05 -0800 (PST)
>Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 22:37:49 -0700 (MST)
>From: WILL HOCHMAN <hochman@uscolo.edu>
>Subject: young salinger's movie tude
>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>Reply-to: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>
>In several letters to Whit Burnett, it seems as though a young salinger
>was fairly eager to dip his hand into hollywood's pot of gold...sure
>surprised me but then again, the glass family loves to perform...will
>
>
I read once that Salinger had a short, unsuccessful venture as an
"entertainer" on a cruise ship. I'm not sure what "entertainer" means,
but I was startled beyond expression.
Beyond the mystery of his motives, that bit of trivia is interesting to
me because of a possible link to "Teddy". What happened on Salinger's
cruise? Did he watch someone dump oranges over the side, or did he
interview a young Buddhist Holy Man who related the experience to him.
Of course, Salinger's motives are the ultimate focus of interest here to
me, but every time I begin to wonder, my brain shuts down. I simply
can't process it. It may have something to do with any lack of
knowledge of Salinger as a person, but as a writer--particularly as a
writer of what he *wrote*--the entire thing is simply bizarre.
Brendan
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