Re: the laughing man

Peggy F. Jean-Louis (pfj6868@is.nyu.edu)
Wed, 07 Jan 1998 22:26:06 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, helena kim wrote:

> thnk god someone finally spoke up about this. i've listened to you
> people tout the laughing man for a long time, but i've been too shy to
> admit that *i don't understand it*.
> 
> i guess i was afraid i'd get a 'duh!' response a la brendan's tidy
> wrapping up of teddy.
> 
> but now, the truth is out. i find the laughing man difficult, and i'd
> like it if you all could share your ideas about it.

Helena, thanks for not leaving me twisting in the wind with this one. I
still expect to get a few "duh!" responses but hopefully along with those
we'll get some interpretations that will allow us to read this story
again with the means to make some sense of it.

Peggy