Re: new book by Lillian Ross
Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 21:29:21 -0400
On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 11:08:55AM +1000, Camille Scaysbrook wrote:
> That's extremely interesting about Shawn's son going to camp - but another
> thing that also struck me was that both Shawn's son and Salinger's became
> actors, another theme that frequently comes up in the Glass stories. I
> sometimes wonder about the parallels in Matthew Salinger's career - what
> would someone like Salinger think of his son appearing in Revenge of the
> Nerds?
Matt's stage debut was in a small play called "Dancing in the End Zone,"
and his father came down to see the show, and was said to be pleased
with it. Something makes me believe that he encouraged his son to act
with all his heart....
Personally, I'd love to know what he made of Wallace Shawn's "My Dinner
with Andre," which was nothing if not Salingerish, in its absolute
wordfulness and delight with language and lack of a conventional "plot."
It probably had more digressions than "Seymour"; my favorite line was
the one that said New York is a concentration camp that was built by its
inmates. We're free to leave, but we're so proud of the work we've
done, we could never abandon it.
--tim o'connor