Subject: Re: A play about Seymour
From: Valérie Aron (kate.beown@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Mon Jan 21 2002 - 16:45:44 GMT
Thanks, Scottie, for calling my lack of self-esteem "faux modesty". It's weird, but I understand it as a
compliment.
Let's go about the play. The title is 'Sallinger', with 2 l. In the book, the author refers to Seymour as "the
red-haired guy". Of course, he's dead, but sometimes the characters just speak with his fantom, or his
soul, whatever you call it.
I haven't read Franny and Zooey, or Seymour an Introduction for years, I confess, and Hapworth is waiting
for me in my cupboard , so I have just a little idea about how Seymour is supposed to look like, to act, to
think, but the way the author of the play describes him surprised me, because he was very different from
this 'little idea about Seymour' that I had. But maybe you will disagree. Anyway, in the book, Seymour is
the most awful person ever ('awful'? sorry for my very primitive vernacular, Scottie.): he's very sarcastic,
but without the tenderness of Holden, and obviously despises his whole family, especially his mother (he
calls her 'the apron'). But he has a kind of respect for his dad; besides, the father is the only reasonable
character in the play. Lethargic and reasonable.
To justify his marriage with a such 'commonplace' woman, Seymour explains it was an experience.
And...my mummy is calling me for dinner (chicken cooked in white wine, martini rosso, and fresh cream:
Seymour can't compete with that.)
I will end with this red-haired Seymour tomorrow.
Regards, and Guten Appetit.
Valérie Aron
20/01/02 18:55:54, "Scottie Bowman" <rbowman@indigo.ie> a écrit:
>
> Valerie,
>
> Proceed.
>
> And stop this faux modesty by someone whose English
> puts most poissons-à-banane to shame.
>
> Scottie B.
>
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