Re: I am Franny!!! / We love Bill
patrick flaherty (pfkw@email.msn.com)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:38:28 -0400
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From: Camille Scaysbrook <verona_beach@geocities.com>
To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Date: Friday, July 17, 1998 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: I am Franny!!! / We love Bill
>
>> just to clear things up...I was not trying to imply that the reason why
>> Shakespeare is still so relevant is because of the mystery that surrounds
>him,
>> I am just saying that it never hurts...case in point: Mr. J.D. himself.
>>
>> A little bit of mystery never hurt anyone..
>
>Oh no, not at all ... although I would argue that a) we wouldn't care about
>either person if not for their work (hence the analogy I made to
>Christopher Marlowe) and b) I don't think the cult of Shakespeare's enigma
>is quite as intrinsic as is Salinger's. And true, we are the ones who keep
>such people's memories alive - but would we bother if they hadn't produced
>such quality work as they? That said, I don't think Shakespeare even knew
>he was a genius, which is one of the things I like best about him. There's
>nothing worse than a capital G Genius.
>
>Camille
>verona_beach@geocities.com
>@ THE ARTS HOLE
>www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
>THE INVERTED FOREST
>www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest
>
>P.S. to everyone - `Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas' has finally come out
>here and it's getting absolutely bloody awful reviews. One reviewer
>described it as `the only movie in which an overdose would have been a
>positive plot development'
>
Johnny Depp couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag. Save yourself the
eight bucks and re-read the book.
Patrick